Overview

Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis gives us a peek behind the curtain of interviews with the most powerful and charismatic individuals of our age If you think you know the news, think again. In this behind-the-scenes, no holds barred account of life on Newsnight in the seconds before, during and after going on air, Emily Maitlis discloses the wrangling, bust-ups, blow-ups, pleading, last-second script-shreddings, scoops, walk-outs and unexpected love-ins that we never see on-screen. Covering everything from the Paris terror attacks to Grenfell, #MeToo to President Clinton's love affairs, Boris Johnson, goat yoga, and interviews with everyone from Emma Thompson and Tony Blair to Donald Trump and Russell Brand, Airhead is a brilliant expose of the moments that never make the news. 'A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times' Simon Schama 'Vividly chronicles the pains and perils of news television' Guardian 'Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world' Jeremy Vine 'Fluent, conversational and funny. Acerbic, hilarious' Evening Standard 'Searing honesty, compassion, intelligence . . . engages at every level' Daily Mail 'Irresistible. Her book's a romp' The Times

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Author:   Emily Maitlis
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.90cm
Weight:   0.279kg
ISBN:  

9781405938341

ISBN 10:   140593834
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   17 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Page-turning new non-fiction * SheerLuxe * She offers insights into everyone from Donald Trump to Simon Cowell, showing them not just as what they represent, but as individuals with flaws and charm * The Press and Journal * She lifts the veil on the inner workings of the BBC, as she reflects on her long career as a journalist * Radio Times * A behind-the-scenes look at how news gets made * Observer * Fascinating . . . [an] excellent book * Mail on Sunday * Not an autobiography but a serious book about journalism, disguised in anecdotal chapters about her encounters with the great and the good and the rather awful . . . leads the reader towards a deeper understanding of an essential part of our culture: current affairs . . . this is a book that engages at every level * Daily Mail * Smart and Broadcast News-funny, Airhead is peppered with insider anecdotes you could only pick up working on the kind of big news stories that the journalist has covered for decades * Daily Telegraph * The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me * Piers Morgan * Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible * Jeremy Vine * A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times * Simon Schama * A remarkable journey through the jungle of newsmaking. It combines razor-sharp analysis with compelling narrative drive and wit. A must-read -- Matthew d'Ancona, Guardian and Evening Standard columnist Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end * James O'Brien * Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy * Elizabeth Day * Airhead is, like its author, funny, wise, self-deprecating and insightful * You Magazine * [Emily] is so absolutely of the moment, a quasi-memoir could not be better timed. Airhead is a compilation of her greatest hits. And boy are there many . . . narrated in her snappy, chatty style . . . her asides are acerbic, her observations hilarious * Evening Standard * She is a superb writer, used to throwing together pacy, engaging scripts at a second's notice. Each chapter is dedicated to one of her interviews - it is a sort of greatest-hits compilation * The Sunday Times * Maitlis paints a vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with her assignments, which punctures the perceived glamour of life reporting the news . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical and accessible * Guardian * Maitlis has written a deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and the madness that surrounds it. Lots of famous presenters have written books but Maitlis' is different . . . Irresistible. She sounds great company . . . Her book's a romp * The Times *

A behind-the-scenes look at how news gets made * Observer * Not an autobiography but a serious book about journalism, disguised in anecdotal chapters about her encounters with the great and the good and the rather awful . . . leads the reader towards a deeper understanding of an essential part of our culture: current affairs . . . this is a book that engages at every level * Daily Mail * The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me * Piers Morgan * Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible * Jeremy Vine * A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times * Simon Schama * A remarkable journey through the jungle of newsmaking. It combines razor-sharp analysis with compelling narrative drive and wit. A must-read -- Matthew d'Ancona, Guardian and Evening Standard columnist Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end * James O'Brien * Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy * Elizabeth Day * Airhead is, like its author, funny, wise, self-deprecating and insightful * You Magazine * [Emily] is so absolutely of the moment, a quasi-memoir could not be better timed. Airhead is a compilation of her greatest hits. And boy are there many . . . narrated in her snappy, chatty style . . . her asides are acerbic, her observations hilarious * Evening Standard * She is a superb writer, used to throwing together pacy, engaging scripts at a second's notice. Each chapter is dedicated to one of her interviews - it is a sort of greatest-hits compilation * The Sunday Times * Maitlis paints a vivid picture of the intensity and unpredictability that come with her assignments, which punctures the perceived glamour of life reporting the news . . . Her writing is excellent: precise, economical and accessible * Guardian * Maitlis has written a deliciously funny book about the high-wire act of broadcasting and the madness that surrounds it. Lots of famous presenters have written books but Maitlis' is different . . . Irresistible. She sounds great company . . . Her book's a romp * The Times *

Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible * Jeremy Vine * The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me * Piers Morgan * Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end * James O'Brien * Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy * Elizabeth Day *

Airhead is, like its author, funny, wise, self-deprecating and insightful * You Magazine * She is a superb writer, used to throwing together pacy, engaging scripts at a second's notice. Each chapter is dedicated to one of her interviews - it is a sort of greatest-hits compilation * The Sunday Times * Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world. Absolutely irresistible * Jeremy Vine * A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times * Simon Schama * A remarkable journey through the jungle of newsmaking. It combines razor-sharp analysis with compelling narrative drive and wit. A must-read -- Matthew d'Ancona, Guardian and Evening Standard columnist The irony of this riveting, enlightening and sometimes painfully honest book is that you couldn't meet less of an airhead than Emily Maitlis - a bold, fearless journalist, a splendidly probing and well-prepared interlocutor, and a warm, sharp and witty woman at the top of her game on and off camera. I'm just very disappointed there's only one chapter about me * Piers Morgan * Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious. A joy from beginning to end * James O'Brien * Smart, funny and brilliantly told stories about what goes on behind the scenes of television news. A joy * Elizabeth Day *

Author Information

Emily Maitlis is a British journalist and news presenter. She notably presented the BBC Flagship nightly current affairs show Newsnight where she specialised in election coverage in the UK and the USA. She now hosts The News Agents, the Global daily news podcast, with Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall. She is the author of Airhead- The Imperfect Art of Making News, and lives in London with one husband, two sons, and a large whippet.

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