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