Rob Pegley

Rob Pegley used to be a carefree freelance writer in the UK almost two decades ago, and thought he was pretty good at it. His money went on beer, books, CDs (plus the odd cassette), and more beer. Life was fairly one-dimensional, but it was a dimension he was very comfortable with.
Then he became a full-time sub-editor on a magazine, then a deputy editor, then an editor – each time he took a step up he could afford more books, more CDs and more beer, but a tiny part of his soul died.
He won an award as the British Society of Magazine Editor’s Specialist Editor of the Year in the late nineties, and that was enough to swing him a job in Australia. He keeps the award near his desk to let people know that he was once quite talented.
He was previously editor of Alpha, Australia’s biggest selling men’s monthly, and among his claims to fame are lending Warnie a pair of socks for a photoshoot, sharing a urinal with John Howard at the Dally M’s, and buying Anthony Mundine a steak sandwich.
He is now Group Publisher of the Men’s Specialist Division with News Magazines, where he manages 13 titles (lucky for some) including Alpha, Australian Golf Digest and Big League. These days his money is spent on books, iTunes (plus the odd CD), and three gorgeous, but surprisingly brand-savvy young children.
Painfully aware that The Punch is awash with insightful opinion about politics and world news, Rob is hopeful that he can pass of his rambling anecdotes as ‘lifestyle writing’. Like many writers on the site, he wrote his own biography in the third person and in a fairly self-deprecating way. He would be absolutely livid if someone else had written this about him.

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Turn the baby monitor off before you argue

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Confessions of a hypochondriac

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A wife and 2.4 tattoos

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