Peter Gumbel

Peter Gumbel is a British writer and editor based in Paris. He has worked as a journalist for US publications including the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine and is the author of four books on France, including a best-selling critique of the French education system.

In his latest essay, "Citizens of Everywhere", he reflects on closing a cycle of history by acquiring German citizenship after the Brexit referendum, eighty years after his German-Jewish grandparents fled Nazi persecution and started a new life in England.

Peter Gumbel started his career at Reuters in London, Brussels, and Copenhagen, and then spent 16 years at the Wall Street Journal, as a correspondent in New York, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, and Los Angeles.

He moved back to Paris in 2002 to cover the European economy and business for Time and Fortune. He has won several journalism awards, including two from the Overseas Press Club of America. In January 2006, the London-based Work Foundation named him Journalist of the Year.

Three of his French books have focused on education, including the 2010 best-selling "On achève bien les écoliers" ("They Shoot School Kids, Don't They?"), which examines the demoralising culture of French schools.

You can find out more at www.petergumbel.com