Ann Leslie was the doyenne of women reporters for more than thirty years. In 2007 she was made a Dame of the British Empire for her pioneering journalism and for forging the way for women in the press world. She lived in London.
A smashing tale of history and handbags and the role of the bra in
a danger zone
*The Independent on Sunday*
Dame Ann Leslie is one of the greatest journalists of her
generation. This is a masterpiece – always self-deprecating, always
exciting, always witty
*A.N. Wilson*
A vivid, absorbing book which, like Leslie's best journalism,
conveys what it's like to live through wars, civil conflicts,
oppression and historic change
*The Guardian*
A marvellous memoir of great insight and wit from one of Britain's
most formidable and accomplished journalists
*Andrew Neil*
This is a cracking read!
*Paul O'Grady*
If you want to know what journalism is really like, read her book:
it's wonderful
*Andrew Marr*
Ann Leslie has always seen the key details and written them down
with a passion, tension and wit which remind us why journalists
call assignments a "good story"
*Mark Lawson*
A memoir that is not only entertaining but could serve as a vade
mecum to recent world history
* The Scotsman*
You can't help being enthralled by this most extraordinary story.
Leslie describes encounters with pin-ups and prime ministers, debs
and dictators
*Liberty Shami Chakrabarti*
Ann Leslie is quite simply one of the most fearless, talented and
witty journalists in Britain today
*Gavin Esler*
A Daily Mail veteran who writes like a salsa-dancing viper
*Daily Echo*
Ann Leslie emerges from this memoir exactly as you might have
expected: shrewd, hard and crafty, but also loyal, truthful and
brave
*Times Literary Supplement*
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