Shame About the Street by Diane Langford
A boiling summer day in the not-too-distant future in London, and business goes on despite the stifling heat: the tabloid newspapers churn out lurid headlines, cleaners in the newspaper offices go to work, and at Victoria station, Rosemary, a civil servant, is on her way to work. Rich, demure, and dull, Rosemary is the ideal Home Counties Woman and government cog in the wheels. But before the end of the day she will beome "The Lesbian Civil Servant,? exposed by tabloids as the leak on the government's proposed re-introduction of an Anti-Homosexual law. A lament for the old days of Fleet Street, Shame About the Street is also a bitter-sweet investigation into the mores of the press and society of today.
?Diane Langford has produced a dark and witty expos? of the interlinked worlds of journalism and politics in Britain? Gay Community News ?Political opposition, in her own writing and in that of others like her, is alive and very wellThis is just the start? Northern Star ?Wicked and funny? Pink Paper
Diane Langford is the author of Shame About the Street, a novel about Fleet Street. She was born in New Zealand and moved to England in 1963, since when she has been active in the trade union, women's liberation and anti-racist movements.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852422691 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852422696 |
| Title | Shame About the Street |
| Author | Diane Langford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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