2020: Head of Family Policy Unit, Centre for Social Justice
2017 - Founder and Chair, the Parenting Circle charity
2014-2017 Director of Communications, Legatum Institute
1992 - : Panellist on high-profile discussion programmes (Question Time, Any Questions, The Big Questions)
2011- 2014 Columnist, Daily Telegraph
2010- 2014 Blogger, Daily Telegraph
2013- 2014 regular contributor to Foreign Policy magazine
2001-2007 Columnist, Observer
2006-2007 Columnist, Daily Telegraph
1998-2004 Deputy Editor, New Statesman
1995-1998 Television Critic, Daily Telegraph
1991-1995 Editor, Catholic Herald