The State of Us
The good news and the bad news about our society
$46.17
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2023
Summary
Jon Snow, national treasure and the last of the ‘big beasts’ of TV news, finally gives vent to his feelings on the state of the nation, from inequality and out of touch elites to the vital work of journalism in the social media age.
We are living through a time of tremendous upheaval. Society is growing ever more unequal, and elites increasingly detached, with the Honourable Members ensconced in their Upper and Lower Houses. Jon Snow’s own wake up call was the Grenfell Tower fire when…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787635708 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787635708 |
| Author: | Jon Snow |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 160mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
A call to arms from one of the great television journalists of his generation
A call to arms from one of the great television journalists of his generation – Robert McCrum
Now he can finally tell us what he really thinks about everything… His book represents a break in a half-century of silence; and it is trenchant in surprising ways. – Zoe Williams * Guardian *
The State of Us looks at how Britain has changed in Snow’s lifetime… His argument is supported by shocking statistics… Snow builds a strong case. * The Tablet *
A fascinating call to arms full of insight * Independent *
A rallying cry for change… In The State of Us, Snow untethers himself from the ropes of broadcasting impartiality and finally lets fly his opinions on everything from government spending to Boris Johnson to the Iraq War started by Tony Blair… It’s serious stuff, yet there is also a deftness to Snow’s writing. * Irish Times *
About The Author
Jon Snow
One of the nation’s pre-eminent broadcasters, Jon Snow was the face of Channel 4 News from 1989 to 2021. In that time, he has reported in dozens of countries, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Barack Obama’s inauguration, interviewing countless world leaders including Ronald Reagan, Idi Amin, Tony Blair, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Nelson Mandela, as well as cultural icons from Malala Yousafzai to Marcus Rashford. His many awards include a BAFTA fellowship, the Richard Dimbleby BAFTA award for Best Factual Contribution to Television (2005), and Royal Television Society awards for Journalist of the Year (2005 & 2006) and Presenter of the Year (2009 & 2010 and 2012). He collected the BAFTA award for news coverage for the 2011 Channel 4 News’ coverage of the Japanese tsunami, and delivered the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at Edinburgh’s International Television Festival in 2017. He is the author of two books, Shooting History and The State of Us.
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