Books
Stanford has written many books since leaving
The Catholic Herald. In the 1990s, Stanford wrote:
- Cardinal Hume (1993) a biography of Basil Hume
- Lord Longford (1994) a biography of Lord Longford, the British Labour Party politician and penal reform campaigner
- Co-wrote (with Gerard Noel) The Anatomy of the Catholic Church (1994)
- Co-wrote (with Leanda de Lisle) The Catholics and their Houses (1995)
- The Devil (1996), which was later made into a television series
- The She-Pope (1998), an investigation into the legend of Pope Joan
- Bronwen Astor (1999) a biography of Bronwen Astor
- The Legend of Pope Joan (1999)
- Faith (2000)
- Lord Longford's Prison Diary (Editor) (2000)
- Heaven (2002)
- The Outcasts' Outcast (2003), a new biography of Lord Longford
- Why I am still a Catholic (Editor) (2005)
- C Day-Lewis
- 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Religion
Several of Stanford's books have been published in the United States as well as in Great Britain, and some of his books have been translated into German.
Newspapers
- Stanford wrote for the New Statesman from December 1998 until October 2004.
- Stanford currently (as of 2007) writes for The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday.