Philip Watson is an experienced freelance journalist who has written extensively on a wide variety of subjects. His in-depth features range from 9/11 to the Poker Million tournament, fathers’ rights to Chernobyl children, Miles Davis to a film version of James Joyce’s Ulysses, British soldiers injured in Afghanistan to the Peace One Day campaign, and the Irish boom to the Irish bust.

Philip has interviewed and profiled many notable figures, including Martin Scorsese, Kate Beckinsale, Will Self, William Boyd, Paul Weller, and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary. He gained a distinction on the postgraduate journalism course at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and worked for several years at GQ, where he was deputy editor, and Esquire, where he was editor-at-large.

He has been freelance for over fifteen years, contributing articles and features to numerous publications in Britain, Ireland, and the US, including the Telegraph Magazine, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Irish Examiner, London Evening Standard, Travel + Leisure, and music magazine The Wir. He is currently the jazz critic for the Irish Times.

Philip has also appeared on radio and television programmes in the UK and Ireland, including RTÉ's arts review show The Works. His biography of the American guitarist Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer, was published by Faber in 2022.