 Percy Lucas, a friend and fellow MP, mentioned in his memoir "Five Up" that Fienburgh also had a burgeoning media career with both Granada Television and the "Sunday Express".Modern commentators have varying viewpoints on Fienburgh's character.He was described by Anthony Howard in "The Times" of 7 November 2000 as being "rather louche", and Denis Healey in his autobiography "The Time of My Life" (1989) asserts that Fienburgh's "good looks and big brown eyes often led him astray".