I’m a journalist and historian.
I write about a wide range of subjects, but my work has one common thread: power. I profile the powerful, the powerless, the power-hungry. And I probe the corridors of power, whether that’s the White House, Hollywood, the Vatican, or anywhere else power lurks.
I’ve written for The Washington Post, The Economist, UnHerd, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, TLS and others. My articles have been translated into French, Portuguese, Albanian, Vietnamese and Japanese.
I have a PhD in American history from Cambridge University, where I also taught. I’ve been a Sorensen Fellow at the JFK Presidential Library and a Visiting Researcher at Boston University. I worked in TV for several years.
I’ve appeared on CNN, BBC World Service, NPR, Sky News, CTV, France 24 and others, and I’ve spoken at the UK Parliament and the Royal Institution.
My agents are Gordon Wise and Elliot Prior at Curtis Brown in London.