Hoggart joined "The Guardian" in 1968, later becoming the American correspondent for "The Observer", and occasional guest commentator on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Saturday". Having written on politics for some years in "Punch" magazine, Hoggart became the Parliamentary sketch writer for "The Guardian" in 1993. He also wrote a wine column for "The Spectator". Hoggart's sketchwriting prowess was still admired into the 2010s – "Total Politics" note that in 2011 Hoggart had "been a regular tormenter of the prime minister," (David Cameron) "especially on the sensitive issue of the PM's bald patch, which Hoggart compared to "a goujon of plaice" from Marks and Spencer."