
Dempster's People by Nigel Dempster
To celebrate 25 years of the country's most successful gossip column, this is both Dempster's professional autobiography and a behind-the-scenes revelation of all the great stories the diary broke. Dempster's People will be a fabulously readable account of Nigel Dempster's working life and of his famous Diary, and will include: early beginnings with the Hickey column, moving rapidly on to 13 years' association with Private Eye, Richard Ingrams and Peter Cook, focusing on the legal struggles with Goldsmith; the world of Jonathan Aitken and his lovers; how the Playboy Club lost its gaming licence; the writ from Harold Wilson, together with famous writs over the years ('Writs are the Diarist's Oscars', as he is famous for saying); his relationship with Christina Onassis and how the Royals, from Princess Margaret to Princess Diana, engaged with the Diary; how the Guinesses sought his help and how Earl Spencer became a Diary ally; how the Diary became an adjunct of the sporting world and in particular the Sport of Kings; and much, much more of the spiciest gossip column in town through twenty-five years of its history.
Nigel Dempster has been editor of the Mail Diary since 1973 and the Mail on Sunday Diary since 1986. He has worked on the Daily Express, Queen magazine and Private Eye, and has been a broadcaster on TV-am and Thames TV. He is a keen photographer and sportsman.
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ISBN 13 | 9780006530893 |
ISBN 10 | 0006530893 |
Title | Dempster's People |
Author | Nigel Dempster |
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Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Year published | 1999-10-04 |
Number of pages | 320 |
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