Peter Stanford, Esq

Career: reporter The Tablet 1983-84, ed The Catholic Herald 1988-92 (news ed 1984-88), freelance journalist and broadcaster 1984- (incl BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Tablet, presenter C4 series Catholics and Sex and on BBC Radio2, BBC Radio 4, Channel 5 and BBC World Service); chm: ASPIRE (Assoc for Spinal Res, Rehabilitation and Reintegration) 1991-2001 and 2005-, Media Advsy Gp CAFOD; patron: CandoCo Dance Co, Ways With Words; dir Frank Longford Charitable Tst

Books and Publications: Hidden Hands: Child Workers Around the World (1988), Believing Bishops (with Simon Lee, 1990), The Seven Deadly Sins (ed, 1990), Catholics and Sex (with Kate Saunders, 1992), Basil Hume (1993), Lord Longford (1994, revised and reissued as The Outcasts' Outcast 2003), The Catholics and Their Houses (with Leanda de Lisle, 1995), The Devil: A Biography (1996, televised 1998), The She-Pope (1998, televised 1998), Bronwen Astor: Her Life and Times (2000), Heaven: A Traveller's Guide (2002), Being a Dad (2004), Why I'm Still a Catholic (ed, 2005), C Day-Lewis: A Biography (2007), Teach Yourself Catholicism (2008), A Life of Christ (2009), The Extra Mile: A 21st Century Pilgrimage (2010), The Death of a Child (ed, 2011)