editor of The Times and Radio Times, and is executive editor of The Sunday Times. Preston received honorary degrees from the City University, London, and the universities of Leicester, Loughborough, Essex and Roehampton. Preston died on 6 January 2018 after suffering from melanoma. Bibliography Bess (Viking, 1999) 51st State (Viking, 1998) References External links Column archive at The Guardian Hetherington Memorial Lecture, 1999: The Newspaper of the Future, Peter Preston, University of Stirling 1938 births 2018 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford British male journalists British newspaper editors Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from melanoma Fellows of St John's College, Oxford The Guardian journalists People educated at Loughborough Grammar School People from Barrow upon Soar Preston family