Peter Mason (journalist and author)

Peter Mason
Peter Mason
Born	1963 (age 60–61)
Occupation	Journalist; author;
Nationality	English
Notable works	The Brown Dog Affair (1997); Bacchanal: The Carnival Culture of Trinidad (1998); Learie Constantine (2008); Clyde Walcott: Statesman of West Indies Cricket (2024);

Peter Mason (born 1963) is an English journalist and author.

His books include biographies of two great West Indies cricketers-turned-statesmen, Learie Constantine and Clyde Walcott, Bacchanal! (a study of Trinidad Carnival) and The Brown Dog Affair, about the "brown dog riots" of Edwardian London, which was made into a BBC Radio 4 play, The Strange Affair of the Brown Dog.^[1]

Among his other works are Jamaica in Focus, a study of the culture, politics and economics of Jamaica, and a history of Southend United football club.

^ "The Strange Affair Of The Brown Dog". Wellcome Collection. 2003.

[1] "The Strange Affair Of The Brown Dog". Wellcome Collection. 2003.

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