Author. Regular columnist for The Times. 'Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country', 'Voodoo Histories: the role of Conspiracy Theory in Modern History'. He won the Orwell Prize for political journalism in 2001
Retired football player. Played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, LA Rams and Chicago Bears and USFL for the Memphis Showboats. He was also an NFL Referee