The Glossy Years
Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
A gossipy, scandalous, and riveting memoir from the chairman of Condé Nast Britain.
Over his thirty-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of the Princess of Wales to the blazing fury of Mohamed Al-Fayed, his story is also the story of the people who populate the glamorous world of glossy magazines. With relish and astonishing candour, he offers the inside scoop on Tina Brown and Anna Wintour, David Bowie and Philip Green, Kate Moss and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241342893 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241342899 |
| Author: | Nicholas Coleridge |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 309g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“The most entertaining book of the year.” – Sunday Times
Coleridge is a witty writer … reading this book is like sitting next to a sharp but generous-hearted raconteur at dinner * Mail on Sunday *Has bounding vitality, glorious zest and and an uplifting generosity of spirit. It is always playful, sometimes hilarious - but above all it is wise * Richard Davenport-Hines, Literary Review *In these dark days of everlasting Brexit, Nicholas Coleridge’s sparkling memoir is a welcome reminder that all is not gloom and doom. Witty, nimble and engaging, it is wonderfully entertaining and a marvellous slice of social history * Jane Ridley, Spectator *A deliciously moreish memoir of the author’s glittering career in magazine publishing. Like having a really good gossip over a glass of fizz with Evelyn Waugh. * Allison Pearson, Sunday Telegraph *
Tittle-tattle, tiffs and titanic egos, this book has them all. A hugely entertaining read by the ultimate insider
* A Sunday Times best memoir of 2019 *Forthright, witty and gossipy … a passion for glossy magazines shines through this effervescent memoir * Sunday Express *A Waugh-like whirlwind of eccentric characters, lavish parties and even a spell in a Sri Lankan jail. It was funny enough to excuse all the name-dropping * Evening Standard, Books of the Year *I truly think this is a brilliant book. laughed almost continuously * Charles Moore, The Spectator *Beady and slyly funny, my favourite bit concerns punctuation in the late Betty Kenward’s society column. It’s that kind of book * India Knight, Sunday Times *Gloriously funny, affectionate and well-written, his ear for how other people speak is mischievously spot-on and his optimism is infectious * Daily Mail, Memoirs of the Year *About The Author
Nicholas Coleridge
Nicholas Coleridge has been Managing Director of British Conde Nast and President of Conde Nast International, publisher of 130 magazines around the world, including Vogue and Vanity Fair. Journalist, editor, magazine executive, author, environmental campaigner, and Chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum and British Fashion Council, he has for three decades been a prevalent figure in the publishing and fashion industries. Nicholas Coleridge and his wife live in London and Worcestershire. They have four children.
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