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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, Donald Trump. I never expected to be thrown into a provincial Cuban jail, or to be drinking red wine at Steve Bannon's kitchen table or spend three hours in a lift with Alan Partridge.   I certainly didn't expect the Dalai Lama to tell me the story of his most memorable poo.   The beauty of television is its ability to simplify, but that's also its weakness: it can distil everything down to one snapshot, one soundbite. Then the news cycle moves on.   Airhead is my step back from the white noise. Before and after the camera started rolling, this is what really happened. ___________  A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR  'Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy' Elizabeth Day  'Emily is a superb writer' The Sunday Times   'Maitlis paints a vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with her assignments . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical and accessible' Guardian   'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end' James O'Brien  'Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. 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From News Presenter of the Year and 2020 BAFTA nominee  ________   'Funny and subtly smart' GUARDIAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR   DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR   'Deliciously funny . . . 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