He began his career in 1987, working on local newspapers (
Bristol Evening Post). He worked later for the
Press Association as education correspondent before joining
The Times. He was
The Times deputy editor from 2000 to 2008 and Acting Editor for nine months. Subsequently, he was Executive Editor at
The Independent from 2008. He was awarded Editors' Editor in the 2016 BSME awards. He remained at the
Radio Times until early 2017. In March 2017, it was announced that he had been appointed as an Executive Editor of
The Sunday Times. ==Personal life==