Articles
Journalism
As a professional journalist all his life, it is hardly surprisingly that Phillip has maintained an ongoing interest in the craft. His own autobiography A Hack's Progress gives an interesting insight into this hugely popular but extremely difficult job. The following articles review others in the field.
- The Independent, 14 October 20055
This brilliant but enormous book (no less than 1,366 pages) has been sixteen years in the making. Its obvious ingredients are 328,000 notes, documents and dispatches and Robert Fisk’s thirty years’ experience of reporting the Middle East. But there is also a hidden element - the author’s ethical, philosophical and moral approach to his life’s work. [more...]
- Monthly, September 2005
A couple of years ago at Britain’s premier literary festival, Hay-on-Wye, two star performers dominated the programme: ex-President Bill Clinton and journalist/author/commentator Christopher Hitchens. Clinton arrived in his Secret Service car, attended a few parties, hit a few golf balls, made a politically-stirring speech and departed to a boo or two for keeping a crowd of well-wishes waiting. Hitchens... [more...]
- Robert Capa biography book review
Let’s get the bad stuff over first. Robert Capa was a liar, a compulsive gambler, a depressive, a heavy drinker, and a womaniser (especially with prostitutes). He used people, broke promises and when he was accused of being a communist and the U.S. State Department kept his passport, he “named names”, to get it back.. [more...]
- My diary for June 8, 1990 reads: “2pm, Inn on the Park hotel. American TV interviewing me for documentary on Rudolf Hess. Allow for three hours’ filming.” Then after this in angry red ink I have written, “Terrible argument over my request for payment of £250 for my interview. Producer says all American TV companies have banned ‘cheque book journalism’. What a joke!” [more...]
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