Nick Pourgourides began his writing career with More, Please‍, a biography of the late actor Kenneth More CBE.

Published in 2020, the limited-edition biography became an Amazon bestseller and received personal acknowledgements from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, both of whom had known Kenneth More during his lifetime.

The book originated from Nick's determination to revive interest in his childhood acting hero. Although More had been Britain's highest-paid film actor during the late 1950s, his remarkable contribution to British film and theatre had gradually faded from public consciousness.

To coincide with its publication, Nick led a campaign celebrating More's life and career that attracted significant national media attention. This campaign culminated in a special edition of BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, while Talking Pictures TV dedicated an entire Kenneth More Day to his legacy.

Additional recognition followed with the support of theatre producer Nica Burns, whose office helped facilitate the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at London's Duchess Theatre, marking More's acclaimed performance as Freddie Page in Sir Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea.

More, Please received widespread praise from both critics and industry figures. Sir Stephen Fry described it as "deeply touching", whilst Dame Joanna Lumley called it "a huge treat". Writing in the Daily Mail, Roger Lewis hailed the book as a "fascinating... warm-hearted tribute".

The biography was also featured by the BBC, the British Film Institute and The Daily Telegraph. Nick subsequently contributed articles on Kenneth More to both The Lady and The Oldie.

In 2022, Nick published his second book, What You Leave Behind, an intensely personal account of his family's wartime experiences, tracing the internment of his grandparents and mother in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War.

What began as an attempt to piece together fragmented family memories took on greater significance following the loss of Nick's first and only child, evolving into a broader meditation on identity, grief, memory and legacy.

Broadcaster and historian Matthew Sweet praised the work for its "tremendous emotional impact", describing it as a book that had "moved me to tears".

The book received coverage in the Daily Mail and on the BBC, where broadcaster Robert Elms named Nick a Listed Londoner in recognition of both his professional connection to the capital and his longstanding affection for it. Like its predecessor, What You Leave Behind became an Amazon bestseller.

Both of Nick's books have supported charitable causes. Proceeds have benefited Variety, the Children's Charity, an organisation closely associated with Kenneth More, and Nick has undertaken a number of fundraising challenges in support of its work.

The loss of his only child strengthened his commitment to the charity and its mission to help disadvantaged children and young people.

More, Please also supported the Multiple System Atrophy Trust, helping to raise awareness of the condition now believed to have affected Kenneth More in later life.

Following the death of his mother, Kristine, in January 2026, Nick wrote her obituaries for both The Times and Nursing Times. The experience, together with the discovery of previously unseen family records, inspired further research into his family's history and led to work on a revised and expanded edition of What You Leave Behind.

Alongside this, Nick is developing a new standalone work, provisionally titled Fragments, exploring his experiences of neurodiversity in the modern world.

What You Leave Behind: Beyond the Family Line and Fragments are currently scheduled for back-to-back publication in late 2026.