Boris Johnson, Esq

Career: reporter; LEK Management Consultants 1987; trainee reporter The Times 1987, reporter Wolverhampton Express & Star 1988; The Daily Telegraph: leader writer 1988, Euro community corr Brussels 1989-94, asst ed 1994-99, currently weekly columnist; ed The Spectator 1999-2005; MP (Cons) Henley 2001-08; vice-chm (i/c campaigning) Cons Pty 2003-04, shadow min for arts 2004, shadow spokesman for higher educn 2005-08; Mayor of London (Cons) 2008-, chm Met Police Authy 2008-10; appearances on radio and TV; Political Commentator of the Year What The Papers Say Awards 1998, Nat Journalist of the Year Pagan Fedn of GB 1998, Eds' Ed of the Year 2003, Columnist of the Year British Press Awards 2004, Columnist of the Year What The Papers Say Awards 2005; Hon LLD Brunel Univ 2007

Books and Publications: The Oxford Myth (contrib, 1988), Friends, Voters and Countrymen (2001), Lend Me Your Ears (2003), Seventy Two Virgins (2004), The Dream of Rome (2006), Have I Got Views For You (2006), The Perils of the Pushy Parents (2007), Life in the Fast Lane (2007)