Australian. Lives in Melbourne. Was born (1961) in Sydney.

Wrote The Unsleeping Eye: Secret Police and Their Victims (Encounter Books, San Francisco, 2003), and A Student's Guide to Music History (ISI Books, Wilmington, Delaware, 2008).

Became (2004) a Contributing Editor at The American Conservative. Articles published in The New Criterion, Chronicles, and Modern Age, as well as in antipodean magazines (Annals Australasia, National Observer, News Weekly, Quadrant, and others).

A convert (2002) to Catholicism. Attends Tridentine Latin Mass whenever possible. Is unlikely ever again to vote at an Australian election, save in the unlikely event of a Carlist or Jacobite candidate emerging.

Plays the organ (on which instrument he improbably scored an A at his Seventh Grade exam in Melbourne during 2006). Has been announcer from time to time at a Melbourne classical music radio station, 3MBS-FM.

Cannot always be relied on to tie his shoelaces properly. Experiences intermittent but risible problems in pronouncing the letter R. Accidentally wakes himself up, on occasion, with the sheer Wagnerian volume of his own snoring.