Robert is an author and journalist specialising in security and social mobility. His journalism appears in the Guardian, Independent, i newspaper, Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times.
Robert was the home affairs editor and law editor at The Independent, where he worked for 12 years. After leaving the Independent he joined the Mail on Sunday as security editor.
Since the 9.11 attacks on America, he has covered the ‘war on terror’ and has visited the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay and interviewed victims of torture in Syria. He has also headed media campaigns against ‘secret justice’ and in support of greater press freedoms. More recently he has been writing about the causes of extremism and social immobility.
In 2013 he was runner-up at the National Press Awards in the category of specialist journalist. Robert has also been long-listed for the Orwell Prize and the Paul Foot Award. He is also a non-practicing qualified barrister called to the Bar in 2007.
His latest book is The Traitor of Arnhem, as featured on the front cover of the Sunday Times Magazine.
Books in order of publication:
Posh Boys – 2018
Defiant: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain – 2020
Why You Won’t Get Rich: And Why You Deserve Better Than This – 2021
The Traitor of Colditz – 2022
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII’s Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That Changed History Forever – 2024
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