Evans, Harold, 1928-

My paper chase : true stories of vanished times / Harold Evans. - First edition. - 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-562) and index.

Vanished times. Grains of truth ; Getting up steam ; First, know your enemy ; Hot metal ; How I won the war ; Non nobis solum ; The sting of Disraeli's gibe ; Stop press ; Why aren't their women wearing our frocks? ; Adventures in the land of opportunity ; From Delhi to Darlington ; Just causes -- Scoop, scandal, and strife. The Rolls-Royce of Fleet Street ; The third man ; Children on our conscience ; Space barons ; Death in Cairo ; Divided loyalties ; Showdowns ; My Newfoundland.

In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life, a story stretching from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map, entailing clashes with Rupert Murdoch and crusades to use journalism to better the lives of those less fortunate.

0316031429 9780316031424 1408702037 9781408702031

2009015541


Evans, Harold, 1928-.


Sunday times (London, England : 1931)
Guardian (Manchester, England)


Newspaper editors--England--Biography
Journalists--England--Biography
Investigative reporting--History--England--20th century.
Journalism--History--England--20th century.
Newspaper publishing--History--England--20th century.

PN5123.E9 / A3 2009

070.4092