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Author: Nick Robinson
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.401kg
ISBN: 9780857500007
ISBN 10: 0857500007
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 07 November 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Sharp-witted, full of surprises and with a great sense of history, Nick Robinson pulls back the curtain on an essential part of the democratic story. For everyone who wants to know more about the long, and sometimes hilarious, mud-wrestle between power and the media - and about the man behind the glasses - this is a must. Andrew Marr Canny, plain-speaking and fair, Nick Robinson writes as the penetrating insider he is. Matthew Parris Nick Robinson skips lightly through the great battles between Downing Street and the broadcast media... a fun, well-paced account Sunday Times [Robinson] comes across much as he does on television or radio: never at a loss and able to deliver not just the news, but a definitive judgment on it Financial Times
Sharp-witted, full of surprises and with a great sense of history, Nick Robinson pulls back the curtain on an essential part of the democratic story. For everyone who wants to know more about the long, and sometimes hilarious, mud-wrestle between power and the media - and about the man behind the glasses - this is a must. * Andrew Marr * Canny, plain-speaking and fair, Nick Robinson writes as the penetrating insider he is. * Matthew Parris * Nick Robinson skips lightly through the great battles between Downing Street and the broadcast media... a fun, well-paced account * Sunday Times * [Robinson] comes across much as he does on television or radio: never at a loss and able to deliver not just the news, but a definitive judgment on it * Financial Times *
Sharp-witted, full of surprises and with a great sense of history, Nick Robinson pulls back the curtain on an essential part of the democratic story. For everyone who wants to know more about the long, and sometimes hilarious, mud-wrestle between power and the media - and about the man behind the glasses - this is a must. * Andrew Marr * Canny, plain-speaking and fair, Nick Robinson writes as the penetrating insider he is. * Matthew Parris * Nick Robinson skips lightly through the great battles between Downing Street and the broadcast media... a fun, well-paced account * Sunday Times * [Robinson] comes across much as he does on television or radio: never at a loss and able to deliver not just the news, but a definitive judgment on it * Financial Times *
Author Information
Nick Robinson studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford before joining the BBC in 1986. After a decade working behind the cameras - as a producer on programmes ranging from Crimewatch to On the Record and Panorama - he became a reporter and presenter. He is the only person to have been Political Editor of both ITV News and now BBC News - a job he has held since August 2005. As well as appearing on TV and radio he writes an award winning blog. Nick lives in North London with his wife and three children.
