Teaches: Arts Journalism in London; Media in the UK
Christopher Cook began his career in television, producing for BBC-2 and Channel 4. He has broadcast on the arts, music and culture regularly for on BBC Radios 3, 4, 5 and the BBC World Service.
Christopher teaches ‘Cultural Studies’ for the University of Syracuse on their London Programme. He has taught courses on ‘Theatre and Culture; and the History of Theatre for the British American Drama Academy where he was joint Dean. Christopher was Head of the Department of Liberal Studies at Central
School of Art and Design and a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, London until 2013. He has been a visiting Gresham College Professor where he has lectured on the visual construction of UK television news programmes and the making of modern celebrity. He has also been Visiting Research Fellow in the Theatre Department at Birkbeck College in the University of London and at Queen Mary University, London.
Christopher is a regular contributor to BBC Music Magazine and has written for International Record Review and for The Gramophone. He chaired pre-concert events for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Hallé Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Study Evenings at the Royal Opera House where he also interviewed for their ‘Meet the…’ programmes and Glyndebourne Opera. For a decade he curated pre-performance talks at English National Opera.
Christopher was the Director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature in 2004 and was Chair of the Cheltenham International Music Festival until 2013. He was Chair of the Trustees of the Bishopsgate Institute in the City of London and Chair of Deal Music and Arts until 2024.