Journalist. He was a pioneering British socialist and investigative journalist. The son of Sir Hugh Foot, Lord Caradon, the last British governor of Cyprus and the UK's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1964 to 1970. He was the nephew of Sir Dingle, an MP for both the Liberal and Labour parties, whilst another uncle was Michael Foot, another former Liberal MP who was leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. He was educated at Shrewsbury College and University College, Oxford. After leaving university, he became a reporter on the "Daily Record" in Glasgow. It was while covering local issues that Foot became converted to left-wing socialism. Books authored by Foot during his time in Glasgow were "Race in British Politics" in 1965, "The Politics of Harold Wilson" in 1968, "The Rise of Enoch Powell" in 1969 and "Who Killed Hanratty?" in 1971 . He also worked for "Private Eye" from 1974 to 1975 before becoming editor of the "Socialist Worker" from 1975 to 1979. Foot became an investigative reporter for "The Daily Mirror" in 1979. Over the next fourteen years, he investigated political corruption and miscarriages of justice, including the cases of James Hanratty, John Poulson, Helen Smith, Jeffrey Archer, Jeremy Thorpe, John Stalker, Carl Bridgewater, Roberto Calvi and Colin Wallace. Foot resigned from the "Daily Mirror" in 1993 when attempts were made to ban an article attacking the newspaper's new chief executive. For the rest of his life, he wrote for both "The Guardian" and "Private Eye". He wrote many more books including "Why You Should Be A Socialist" in 1977, "Murder at the Farm: Who Killed Carl Bridgewater?" in 1988 and "Articles of Resistance" in 2000. Paul Foot's funeral at Golders Green on the July, 27, 2004 was attended by well over 1,000 people and included many political figures and journalists.