Career
He has written for the British newspapers The Guardian and The Times, presented British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s legal programme Law in Action for 15 years and was a visiting professor at City University London in the Journalism department. He remains a French citizen, and voted in the 2007 French presidential election. Berlins has written a weekly column for The Guardian, and regularly reviews crime fiction for The Times.
He was a contestant in the 2009 series of Radio 4"s Round Britain Quiz.
He was also a visiting professor in media law at City University, London.