He first made contact with fandom in 1938, and was active as a fanwriter and editor from 1948, including Science Fantasy News.
He shared the fannish Epicentre flat in London with Ken Bulmer (with whom he collaborated on some sf novels).
He was the first winner of the TransAtlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) in 1954, but was unable to take the trip.
In 1958 he helped inspire the formation of the British Science Fiction Association.
In his later years he remained active in fandom, maintaining an extensive library of Science Fiction fanzines, co-editing the fanzine Pulp and contributing to work documenting UK fannish history.