So not everyone gets the book, and I — like an idiot — went in prepared to defend the detail without explaining the big picture, utterly ignoring everything I would ever tell people…
Accused of nihilism (by Andrew Gilligan) I was slightly embarrassed. My first great literary love was Fathers and Sons, Turgenev’s novel which gave nihilism to the world.
But no, I’m no Bazarov…
So tonight is the launch event for my book, timed brilliantly on the eve of a contest that will decide the future happiness of a great swathe of Londoners. Not the mayoral elections of course, but the Chelsea vs Liverpool Champions League semi-final. Continue reading
My track record on industry gossip is so lamentable that I try not to pass on what little I hear. But this rumour of a personnel shift ahoy at Al Jazeera, has the ring of credibility — and it sounds like a sensible regrouping by the Middle Eastern news network.
Word is that the bureau chief of Al Jazeera English in London, Sue Phillips, will be moved up the corporate ranks.
Her brief will be to bring together Al Jazeera’s sixty or so Arab and English offices around the world. So let’s see…
So what was the point of that special committee to oversee editorial independence at the Wall Street Journal? I must remind myself.