 In 1967-8 he taught English in Paris and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the "Sunday Post", becoming a freelance writer in 1976.He has worked on "Not the Nine O'Clock News", "Shelley", "Week Ending" and "Spitting Image".Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in Llandefailogfach near Brecon in Mid Wales and his first novel "The Valley" is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo.