Education
He was educated at Ardingly College and Worcester College, Oxford.
He was educated at Ardingly College and Worcester College, Oxford.
He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1968, and worked in Norwich and London. From 1978 - 1987, he was a British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent in New York, Brussels, and Jerusalem. From 1987 - 1995 he was the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Diplomatic and Royal Correspondent (continuing as Royal Correspondent until 1998) From 1998 - 2001, he was the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Washington Correspondent.
He worked as World Affairs Correspondent for British Broadcasting Corporation News Online from 2002 - 2011.