 In September 2005 he became inaugural holder of the Greg Dyke Chair of Film & Television at the University of York and the university’s first Professor of Film & Television.In the early 80s he presented film reviews on Yorkshire Television's Calendar Carousel arts programme, and between 1997 and 2000 was a contributor to the Dutch Film Magazine Skrien where his column ‘Hong Kong Post’ appeared on a monthly basis.He has written three published novels – with particular interest being shown in his novel "Back in 1984" – and released two CDs of songs.