- Former Editor, 'The Sun'.
- He has named Dad's Army (1968) and Only Fools and Horses (1981) as his favorite sitcoms.
- A fan of the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, his favorite being "Jesus Christ Superstar".
- He was described by former prime minister Sir John Major in his autobiography as "an oddball and a bully with a streak of populist genius".
- He defines his politics as right-wing. He was a strong supporter of Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party when he when he was editor of The Sun. Under his watch the newspaper ran memorable headlines such as "Why I'm Backing Kinnock, by Stalin" and "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights".
- Chairman and chief executive, The Wireless Group (UK). (October 2003)
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