Education: MA, University of Birmingham, 1936. Served: RAOC, 1941-42; Foreign Office, GC&CS, 1942-1945. Freelance writer: BBC Features Department, 1945-1980.Author of: A Map of Verona: Poems (1946)The Novel Since 1939 (1946)Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (1947)Lessons of the War (1970)Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio (1971)The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio (1971)Collected Poems (1991, 2007)The Auction Sale (2006)