Career
Currently, he is an editor for New Scientist, the leading British weekly for science, writing among other things "The Last Word" column of questions and answers. He edited Profile’s bestselling book "Does Anything Eat Wasps?" and its successors "Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze?" and "". Mick joined New Scientist in 1992 after being the production editor for Autosport.
He still occasionally works as a rugby league writer and also edits sports books. He has a geology degree.