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Journalist, broadcaster and author IAN SKIDMORE collects rare books and fine wines by choice and unlikely anecdotes and engaging eccentrics almost by accident. His first, hilarious, account of such encounters was celebrated a quarter of a century ago in the first edition of this book. The Liverpool Daily Post said its publication identified him as 'the successor to Tom Sharpe' and actor Ian Carmichael described it as 'a comic masterpiece'. Wales on Sunday said it would be a 'hard act to follow'. It was chosen as BBC Book of the Year, had the highest listening figures on Radio Four, and was read twice on the BBC Overseas Service. The Daily Post described Ian Skidmore as Wales' funniest columnist, the Western Mail as 'a great eccentric'. Now, revisited, revised, and expanded to more than twice its original length it is being published in this special edition.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's the Great Comeback...Ian Skidmore's joyful account of the Golden Days of British national newspapers has been thoroujghly revised and more than doubled in length since the first edition 25 years ago.
Effectively it is a new book -- twice as entertaining and informative as its predecessor. No one will regret buying it again.
For "Daily Mirror" journalist "Skiddy" muses on the changes in national journalism in recent years. His misgivings on the massive entry of university graduates are clear. And his erudition and sense of humour are apparent on every page.
Ian is truly a man of many parts and has worked as hard as he drank. He has now written 26 books -- histories, biographies, fiction, comedy. For many years he was a BBC broadcaster with many millions of listeners round the world. His regular talks to Australia drew record audiences "down under"
Stanley Blenkinsop, "Daily Express" news editor, 1969--86
Effectively it is a new book -- twice as entertaining and informative as its predecessor. No one will regret buying it again.
For "Daily Mirror" journalist "Skiddy" muses on the changes in national journalism in recent years. His misgivings on the massive entry of university graduates are clear. And his erudition and sense of humour are apparent on every page.
Ian is truly a man of many parts and has worked as hard as he drank. He has now written 26 books -- histories, biographies, fiction, comedy. For many years he was a BBC broadcaster with many millions of listeners round the world. His regular talks to Australia drew record audiences "down under"
Stanley Blenkinsop, "Daily Express" news editor, 1969--86
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When Fleet Street was demoted to a mere address, 'time, gentlemen, please' was called on a marathon binge that had produced some of the greatest stories in tabloid press history.
Stories that would never make the papers.
These unprinted legends circulated secretly among an elite handful of national newspaper reporters and photographers -- colourful characters whose own outrageous tales often eclipsed those in the headlines they created.
Now that well-paid jobs and bumper expense accounts are no longer at stake, vintage scribe and broadcaster Ian Skidmore blows the whistle on the jolly jape that was journalism in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
*Forgive Us Our Press Passes* is a surreal yarn of the slapstick and wit shared by a crackpot but talented crew of hacks who somehow produced the greatest newspaper circulation figures in the history of the world press ... between pub opening hours.
Only a Methodist, a tailor's dummy or a university journalism student could fail to split his sides at the anecdotes in this hilariously written, warts-n-all account of the media circus BEFORE they sent in the clowns.
I wonder how many old hands have bought this book ...and carefully hidden it from their wives.
Neil Marr
Stories that would never make the papers.
These unprinted legends circulated secretly among an elite handful of national newspaper reporters and photographers -- colourful characters whose own outrageous tales often eclipsed those in the headlines they created.
Now that well-paid jobs and bumper expense accounts are no longer at stake, vintage scribe and broadcaster Ian Skidmore blows the whistle on the jolly jape that was journalism in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
*Forgive Us Our Press Passes* is a surreal yarn of the slapstick and wit shared by a crackpot but talented crew of hacks who somehow produced the greatest newspaper circulation figures in the history of the world press ... between pub opening hours.
Only a Methodist, a tailor's dummy or a university journalism student could fail to split his sides at the anecdotes in this hilariously written, warts-n-all account of the media circus BEFORE they sent in the clowns.
I wonder how many old hands have bought this book ...and carefully hidden it from their wives.
Neil Marr
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Scallygwag is back - and twice as much of him. Ian Sikdmore, doyen of national newsapers, radio and writing, relates his quirky anecdotes in his usual ebullient style in a new version of his original book. He doens't pull punches as he talks about the Grand Old Days of Journalism as it was and should be. The cycle of fun and fact, hard news hunting and companionship come alive under the pen of Skidmore. Written from the perspective of a journalist who worked in the days of typewriters, phoned copy, notes on cheque book stubs, and when media studies was scanning the opposition for their takes on your story - if they had it! - 'Forgive us our Press passes' should be required reading for all journalism students, and journalists - but not their wives or girlfriends. Brilliant.
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A succesor to the master
I have raved about Waterhouse and Speigl for years and bemoaned the truth that we will not see their like again. Now I must admit defeat. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ellie Sarah
Forgive us our Press Passes
The essential journalism manual your Media Studies teacher probably won't have included in the reading list from an era when stories weren't found through Google and no-one would... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Virgil
Dammit, I've read them all.
I used to pity people who hadn't discovered Ian Skidmore's writing. Now I envy them. They've got it all to come - the books, the blog, the erudition, always worn lightly, always... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Anita Dunne
Short trot with a cultured mind
In the course of a fruitful and liquid life, Ian Skidmore has got himself into more scrapes than a potato peeler. Read more
Published on 21 May 2008 by G. Mather
The Glory Days
I first met Ian Skidmore when I was an innocent young reporter making my way on national newspapers. My bosses warned me: Stay away from Skiddy. Of course I didn't. Read more
Published on 16 May 2008 by Alastair McQueen
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