ˈæftɚ ðə fˈɔːl ʌv pˈoːɹt stˈænli ɪn dʒˈuːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, hiː ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tə ðə jˌuːkˈeɪ ˌɔn ɐ hˈɜːkjʊlˌiːz plˈeɪn wɪððɪ ˌɛsˌeɪˈɛs lˈeɪɾɚ ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɐ bˈʊk, ðə wˈɪntɚ wˈɔːɹ, ðə fˈɔlkləndz, wɪð pˈætɹɪk bˈɪʃəp, ɐ wˈɔːɹ kˌɔːɹɪspˈɑːndənt fɚðɪ əbzˈɜːvɚ nˈuːzpeɪpɚ.
After the fall of Port Stanley in June 1982, he returned to the UK on a Hercules plane with the SAS – later writing a book, The Winter War, The Falklands, with Patrick Bishop, a war correspondent for The Observer newspaper.