 In 1966 he graduated with a BA (Hons) from the University of Cambridge, which was raised to a MA degree in 1969.At Cambridge, he founded "Circuit", a literary and arts magazine that he co-edited between 1966 and 1969.Between 1969–1970, during a study year in Israel, he became the youngest ever literary editor of "New Outlook", a left-wing monthly in Tel Aviv, founded by Martin Buber.