- Staff writer, Punch 1967-1980, literary editor 1973-1980.
- Columnist, The Independent 1987-2008.
- Columnist, The Times 1981-1986.
- He is listed in the reference book "Who's Who". Under "Hobbies" he indicated "mending punctures" and "falsifying personal records to mystify potential biographers".
- He is best known for his series of "Franglais" language-instruction parody books. "Let's Parler Franglais" was published in 1979 and is still in print. It was followed by "Let's Parler Franglais Again!" and "Let's Parler Franglais One More Temps".
- He played double bass in a jazz band, and began his journalism career as a jazz critic for The Times of London.
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