Gyles Brandreth's career has ranged from Pantomime to being Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major's government. In 1997,he returned to a career in writing and broadcasting and can currently be heard on LBC's Sunday evening arts programme Sunday with Gyles Brandreth.

He is the children's publisher with Andre Deutsch and editorial consultant to Whitakers Almanack as well as editor-at-large of the Sunday Telegraph Review. His acclaimed children's book Max the Boy Who Made a Million is due to be made into a film and Harper Collins have just published the sequel, Maise the Girl Who Lost Her Head.

A member of Trevor McDonald's Better English campaign, he is also the founder of the National Scrabble Championships.