[5] He has written a series of espionage thrillers, based around Anglo-American character John Russell exploring Germany in the 1940s.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was involved in the creation of an environmental centre in north-east London, and visited South and Central America.

This is a study of utopian and science fiction explorations of the future in music, analysing the work of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and others.

[citation needed] Jack of Spies, the first novel in a new series set before, during and after World War I, was published in September 2013.

[8] His contributions to the studies of World War II history have appeared in nonfiction books and thrillers.