A writer and organiser he is the author of:
- Aftermath, Vietnam and Cambodia (1982) with John Pilger ISBN 978-0900962110
- Iron Britannia, Why Parliament Waged its Falkland's War (1982) ISBN 978-0850314939
- Soviet Freedom (1988) ISBN 978-0091758714
- Debating the Constitution (1992) with Caroline Ellis and Paul Hirst ISBN 978-0745611990
- Power and the Throne (1994), drawn from the Charter 88 monarchy debate ISBN 978-0099393115
- This Time - Our Constitutional Revolution (1997) ISBN 978-0099268581
- Town and Country (1999) edited with Roger Scruton ISBN 978-0224052542
- The Athenian Option, Radical reform of the House of Lords with Peter Cary (2008) ISBN 978-1845401399