Dr Tristram Hunt appointed Director of the V&A

Labour MP TRISTRAM HUNT has been appointed Director of London’s V&A museum. The politician, who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Education, is a regular history broadcaster, lecturer and the author of several books.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a founder of the Stoke-on-Trent Literary Festival and a Patron of the British Ceramics Biennial. He has previously served as a trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund and as a curator of the Mayor of London’s History Festival.

He will stand down as MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, a position he has held since 2010, to take up the position. He succeeds MARTIN ROTH, who announced his resignation in September.