My Paper Chase

Harold Evans's account of his career at the Manchester Evening News and the Sunday Times (London) -- as an ambitious apprentice, fledgling reporter, accomplished journalist, and crusading editor -- is an absorbing, inspiring ode to the newspapering life, and the most enjoyable book I've read this year.

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February 11: Nelson Mandela was released from prison on this day in 1990. The recent anthology Conversations with Myself samples from decades of archived material in an attempt to "give readers access to the Nelson Mandela…

Once held close to the chest and protected by well-understood laws, the valuable information about our lives that we blithely disclose with our every keystroke has the potential…