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THE TIMES TOP 100 BOOKS OF SUMMER
'A WONDERFULLY SANE BOOK FOR OUR UNHINGED TIMES' Simon Schama

The insightful, hilarious and engrossing memoir from one of our most eminent TV broadcasters, Newsnight's Emily Maitlis, as she takes you behind the scenes of the biggest news stories in recent years.

'A deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and the madness that surrounds it' The Times
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The things that are said on camera are only part of the story.

Behind every interview there is a backstory. How it came about. How it ended. The compromises that were made. The regrets, the rows, the deeply inappropriate comedy.

Making news is an essential but imperfect art, and it rarely goes according to plan.

I never expected to find myself wandering around the Maharani of Jaipur's bedroom with Bill Clinton or invited to the Miss USA beauty pageant by its owner,...