Great stories, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious

Carmen Callil, Daily Telegraph, on 'Strange Places, Questionable People'

So vivid I could feel my heart beating

Jonathan Mirksy, Spectator on 'Strange Places, Questionable People'

The range of his travels is staggering ... Never less than entertaining, sometimes moving and often funny

Sunday Telegraph on 'Mad World, My Masters'

Great stories sold with great gusto

Jon Snow, Daily Mail on 'News from No Man's Land'

By far the most comprehensive and readable account to date

Christina Lamb, Sunday Times on 'The Wars Against Saddam'

Superlative ... Tangy, sensuous prose ... The rationed, soot-black world of the late 1940s is beautifully evoked

Sunday Times on 'Days from a Different World