Biography
John Foot is a British historian specialising in modern Italian history and politics. He is Professor of Modern Italian History at the University of Bristol and has held academic posts at University College London and other institutions. His books include Calcio: A History of Italian Football (2006) and The Archipelago: Italy since 1945 (2018).
Foot has written extensively on Italian sport, society and politics, and contributes to newspapers including The Guardian. He provided voice commentary as a historian for the 2019 documentary Diego Maradona.
