Robert Hewison

Robert Alwyn Petrie Hewison (born 2 June 1943)[1] is a British cultural historian.

[1] For most of his professional life he has made a living as a freelance writer and curator and he has written for The Sunday Times since 1981.

He was Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Oxford 1999/2000, lecturing on the subject 'Ruskin To-day'.

[3] From 2005 to 2012 he was Professor of Cultural Policy and Leadership Studies at City University, London.

[5][6][needs update] In an interview, Michael Palin (his contemporary at Brasenose) credited Hewison with introducing him to the idea of earning a living by making people laugh, and for pushing him into performing, which, Palin says, he would never have done as he was too shy.