A British newspaper obituary observed that, in the course of his newspaper career, Stevens "revelled in his image as a posh bully, living up, or down, to Private Eye'''s nickname for him: 'Piranha teeth.'"
In a British newspaper's obituary, it was mentioned that during Stevens' time as a journalist, he "enjoyed maintaining his reputation as a high-society tyrant, living up to or down to the nickname assigned to him by Private Eye: 'Sharp fangs.'"