News from No Man's Land :Reporting the World
News from No Man's Land :Reporting the World
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Published:
3 October, 2008
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Description
The third volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.
13 November 2001. John Simpson and a BBC news crew walked into Kabul and the liberation of the Afghan capital was broadcast to a waiting world. It was the end of a sustained campaign against the Taliban, a campaign that Simpson had covered from the beginning, despite appalling difficulties and, often, great danger.
In News from No Mans Land, his third memoir of a life spent reporting around the world, he focuses on how journalists set about finding the stories that make the headlines. Like his previous books, it is rich in anecdote and filled with extraordinary encounters with remarkable individuals.
It is quintessential Simpson: vivid, utterly absorbing and written with all the care and lucidity of his reporting style.
'Great stories told with great gusto . . . an easy and rewarding read' – Jon Snow, Daily Mail
'A brilliant raconteur' – The Spectator
The fascinating stories continue in John Simpson's fourth volume of autobiography, Not Quite World's End.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780330487351 |
| ISBN10 | 0330487353 |
| Number Of Pages | 496 |
| Item Weight | 553 g |
| Product Dimensions | 127 x 203 x 29 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Unabridged edition |
Media Reviews
Great stories told with great gusto . . . an easy and rewarding read -- Jon Snow, Daily Mail
A brilliant raconteur . . . He is also an astute observer of the international media scene * The Spectator *
A very fine journalist -- Nelson Mandela
At one point, Simpson lists 'the most extraordinary journalists of the century . . . George orwell, Richard Dimbleby, Ed Murrow, Martha Gelhorn, Bill Deedes'. Who but the most resentful can seriously doubt that he, too, belongs on that list? * The New Statesman *
Lucid and compelling * The Times *
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Author's Bio
John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year and won countless other major television awards. He has written several books, including four volumes of autobiography, Strange Places, Questionable People, A Mad World, My Masters, News from No Man's Land and Not Quite World's End and a childhood memoir, Days from a Different World. He is also the author of The Wars Against Saddam, Twenty Tales from the War Zone and Unreliable Sources, as well as several novels. He lives in London with his South African wife, Dee, and their son, Rafe.