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Nigel Dempster & the Death of Discretion: The Life and Legacy of the World's Greatest Gossip. Tim Willis
Tim Willis
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Hardcover. No one is more responsible for Britain's current obsession with celebrity culture than the late, great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster (1941-2007). For a quarter of a century, as the editor of the Daily Mail's diary, he was the man perfectly placed and qualified to record - and accelerate - the end of the age of deference.. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
No one is more responsible for Britain's current obsession with celebrity culture than the late, great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster (1941-2007). For a quarter of a century, as the editor of the Daily Mail's diary, he was the man perfectly placed and qualified to record - and accelerate - the end of the age of deference...
No one is more responsible for Britain's current obsession with celebrity culture than the late, great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster (1941-2007). For a quarter of a century, as the editor of the Daily Mail's diary, he was the man perfectly placed and qualified to record - and accelerate - the end of the age of deference...
Product Details
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
540g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906021849
SKU
V9781906021849
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-1
About Tim Willis
A freelance writer and editor, Tim Willis has worked for most of Britain's national newspapers and some of its glossier magazines. He is also the author of Madcap (Short Books, 2002), a well-received biography of Pink Floyd's 'crazy diamond' Syd Barrett. Tim lives in Pershore, Worcestershire.
Reviews for Nigel Dempster & the Death of Discretion: The Life and Legacy of the World's Greatest Gossip. Tim Willis
I'm really jealous of this; Dempsters world is such a juicy subject and Tim Willis has caught it completely.' A gorgeous account of the sentimental sadist, seasoned with scandal and nostalgia' Witty, scandalous and horribly riveting'.
The Sunday Times
This lively, well-written biography is studded with the sort of anecdotes Dempster would have relished... (But) is is more than a portrait of a man; it is a portrait of a pre-Twitter age. Dempster prefigured our celebrity culture and in the end was submerged by it...'
The Evening Standard
This alluring biography chronicles the extraordinary changes British society has undergone in the past few decades and accurately defines the columnist s own part in that seismic shift. It s a dazzling read, a helter-skelter ride through High Society and Fleet Street...'
The Sunday Express
Not just a fine portrait of a diarist, Tim Willis has anatomised a society in flux'
The Lady
A must for anyone interested in showbusiness and how it is reported
News of The World
Effervescent, elegantly written and faultlessly researched... Tim Willis has caught the atmosphere of the Dempster decades with uncanny precision. Willis's book treats the many facets of Dempster, his braggadocio and his bonking, his swagger, his guile and his generosity with frankness and in fascinating detail.'
The Spectator
The Sunday Times
This lively, well-written biography is studded with the sort of anecdotes Dempster would have relished... (But) is is more than a portrait of a man; it is a portrait of a pre-Twitter age. Dempster prefigured our celebrity culture and in the end was submerged by it...'
The Evening Standard
This alluring biography chronicles the extraordinary changes British society has undergone in the past few decades and accurately defines the columnist s own part in that seismic shift. It s a dazzling read, a helter-skelter ride through High Society and Fleet Street...'
The Sunday Express
Not just a fine portrait of a diarist, Tim Willis has anatomised a society in flux'
The Lady
A must for anyone interested in showbusiness and how it is reported
News of The World
Effervescent, elegantly written and faultlessly researched... Tim Willis has caught the atmosphere of the Dempster decades with uncanny precision. Willis's book treats the many facets of Dempster, his braggadocio and his bonking, his swagger, his guile and his generosity with frankness and in fascinating detail.'
The Spectator