Career
He worked for the New York Herald Tribune in Paris, the Observer in London, British Broadcasting Corporation Television and the Sunday Times
His books include Stalin’s Gold: the story of HMS Edinburgh and its treasure, and with Simon Freeman Rinkagate: the rise and fall of Jeremy Thorpe and Conspiracy of Silence: the secret life of Anthony Blunt. With Roger Courtiour, he produced The Pencourt File based on interviews requested by Harold Wilson about conspiracies in the final years of his government.
