Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party.

His publiSimon Hoggartd books to date form an eclectic list including debunking the supernatural anecdotes about Parliament a biography his thoughts about the United States a serious political review and collected Christmas round-robin letters. He writes on politics for The Guardian and on wine for The Spectator. "
In 1998 he was part of BBC Radio 4's 5-part political satire programme Cartoons Lampoons and Buffoons.

His journalist sketches have been publiSimon Hoggartd in a series of books. Until 2006 he presented The News Quiz on Radio 4. He writes on politics for The Guardian and on wine for The Spectator.