<p><b>'Much excellent gossip, some of it wildly indiscreet . . . Hastings is a brilliant reporter' – <i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>'The acuity of his insights make this book a wholly compelling read' – <i>Observer</i></b><br><br>In February 2002 Max Hastings retired from his position as a 'Fleet Street' editor. His is an enormously illustrious career, starting in 1985 when he was offered the Editorship of a national institution – the <i>Daily Telegraph</i> – in a surprise move by its owners.<br><br>This candid memoir tells the story of what happened to him, and to a great newspaper, over the next decade. It is all here: the rows with prime ministers, the coverage of such world-changing events including the end of the Cold War, the fall of Thatcher, the rise of New Labour and Tony Blair, the Gulf War, and the tribulations of the Royal
