ɐ ɡɹˈædʒuːət ʌv bˌælɪˈɑːl kˈɑːlɪdʒ, ˈɑːksfɚd, hiː fˈɜːst kˈeɪm tə wˈaɪdspɹɛd nˈoʊɾɪs ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z æz ɐ ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾɚ tə ðə mˌæɡɐzˈiːn mˈɑːɹksɪzəm tədˈeɪ.
A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, he first came to widespread notice in the 1980s as a regular contributor to the magazine Marxism Today.