John Hooper
John Hooper (b. 1950) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. A foreign correspondent for more than 25 years, he reports for the Guardian and The Economist from Rome. He is the author of The New Spaniards (Penguin 2006).
With culture ministries forced to slash spending, one of the victims of pan-European austerity budgets is Europe's cultural heritage. But if we want to save Pompeii and other priceless sites and monuments, then heritage policy, and the way money is spent, might be in need of a shake-up.