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A Long Lunch: My Stories and I´m Sticking to Them
Simon Hoggart
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Description for A Long Lunch: My Stories and I´m Sticking to Them
Paperback. A host of anecdotes from Simon's 40-plus years in journalism Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
Simon Hoggart has long been admired as one of our leading commentators on modern life. His memoirs encompass his radio career, most notably as chair of the News Quiz, his life as a journalist and as an observer of the people he has met along the way. A Long Lunch is both funny and quirky, whilst also being full of wisdom and insight. During his career, Simon has met every British prime minister from Harold Macmillan onwards. His memoirs will divulge what Alan Clark thought about Melvyn Bragg, what really happened at the Lady Chatterley trial, ... Read more
Simon Hoggart has long been admired as one of our leading commentators on modern life. His memoirs encompass his radio career, most notably as chair of the News Quiz, his life as a journalist and as an observer of the people he has met along the way. A Long Lunch is both funny and quirky, whilst also being full of wisdom and insight. During his career, Simon has met every British prime minister from Harold Macmillan onwards. His memoirs will divulge what Alan Clark thought about Melvyn Bragg, what really happened at the Lady Chatterley trial, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
229g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848543980
SKU
V9781848543980
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-10
About Simon Hoggart
Born in 1946, Simon Hoggart is the eldest child of the writer and academic Richard Hoggart. After Cambridge, he worked for the Guardian in Northern Ireland, Africa, and Westminster. He joined the Observer in 1991 as US correspondent, based in Washington, then returned to the UK to rejoin the political world. From 1996 to 2006 he chaired the News Quiz ... Read more
Reviews for A Long Lunch: My Stories and I´m Sticking to Them
'To say this is the perfect toilet book is intended as the highest praise . . . often funny and startling'
Independent
Equally engaging if at a slightly more flippant level, is Simon Hoggart's A Long Lunch. Described by its author as 'in no way a life of me', it is still the best journalistic memoir since the ... Read more
Independent
Equally engaging if at a slightly more flippant level, is Simon Hoggart's A Long Lunch. Described by its author as 'in no way a life of me', it is still the best journalistic memoir since the ... Read more