The Herald Years
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The Herald Years

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Herald Years

About this book

Voted Columnist of the Year in 1996, Jack Webster is one of the most popular journalists in Scotland today. His columns in The Herald have won him many friends, who will be delighted at this new collection of Jack's best work.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. DEDICATIONS
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD BY HARRY REID
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. MY FRIEND WALTER—LOCAL HERO
  8. HARRY BENSON—LORD OF THE LENS
  9. HOODOO ON AMERICAN PRESIDENTS?
  10. DINING AT THE CARLTON CLUB
  11. SO I TAKE MY FAREWELL OF HONEYNEUK
  12. MENSA? JIMMY STEWART HAD A BETTER IDEA
  13. THEY STILL SETTLE FOR LAUREL AND HARDY
  14. ON MEETING THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
  15. REMEMBERING MY OLD PAL NORMAN
  16. THE LEGEND OF JIM RODGER
  17. WHY I HAD TO REACH ABERDEEN THAT NIGHT
  18. THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF CHRIS ANDERSON
  19. THE GOLDEN GRAVEL OF ROBERT BOOTHBY
  20. THE DAY THEY OPERATED ON MY FAITHFUL FRIEND
  21. SO WHAT WAS THE POP MUSIC OF MY DAY?
  22. WHEN WILL THE CENTURY REALLY BEGIN?
  23. HOW THE NEWSREELS BRING IT ALL ALIVE
  24. WHERE DO THEY FIND THOSE GORGEOUS NURSES?
  25. LOOKING BACK ON THE PROFUMO SCANDAL
  26. PEOPLE YOU MEET AT A MALCOLM FORBES PARTY
  27. REUNION TIME FOR LISBON LIONS
  28. THE REMARKABLE GARRYS—ROBERT AND FLORA
  29. TO DUBROVNIK—AND AN EVENING WITH MONTY
  30. THOMAS THE RHYMER—AND THE CURSE OF FYVIE
  31. THE VISIONARY THAT WAS R. F. MACKENZIE
  32. WE ALL HAVE A STORY …
  33. GOD BLESS IRVING BERLIN!
  34. SO WAS IT THE REAL HESS WHO CAME TO SCOTLAND?
  35. PIPER ALPHA—THE PRICE WE PAY FOR A MIRACLE
  36. LUCKIEST DAY OF THE CENTURY
  37. BAIRD AND WALLIS—THE STRUGGLES OF GENIUS
  38. QUEEN ELIZABETH—FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
  39. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE AT THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
  40. HOW THE FAMOUS MET THEIR DEATHS
  41. OSCAR SLATER—THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
  42. LADY WHO WROTE “THE NORTHERN LIGHTS”
  43. SLAUGHTER AT KING’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
  44. JIMMY DELANEY—GLADIATOR OF SOCCER
  45. BACK TO THE ABERDEEN OF HARRY GORDON
  46. A. T. MAYS—THE MAN WHO DOESN’T EXIST
  47. AS BARON APPROACHED HIS CENTENARY
  48. MANHATTAN REQUIEM FOR A MEMORABLE SCOT
  49. DANNY GORDON—BAILIE O’ BENACHIE
  50. NOTALOTTI PAVAROTTI
  51. TROUBLE OF CHOOSING A NAME
  52. REMEMBRANCE FOR WALTER
  53. THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD
  54. THE DILEMMA OF A SON’S PHONE-CALL
  55. FACE TO FACE WITH CHURCHILL
  56. PAVAROTTI OF PITTODRIE
  57. LIFE ON THE FIDDLE—WITH MAX JAFFA
  58. SOUND OF THE SIXTIES
  59. THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF OTTO BUCHER
  60. IN SEARCH OF “NO MEAN CITY”
  61. LIFE IS A MONKEY SHOW
  62. SEEKING JUSTICE FOR JESSIE
  63. ROUNDING OFF A YEAR WITH ALISTAIR MACLEAN
  64. THE MAGIC OF BEVERLY HILLS
  65. HOW WE FILMED “WEBSTER’S ROUP”
  66. ROYAL DAY FOR MAUD
  67. THE MAN WHO GUARDED RUDOLF HESS
  68. THE SPIRIT OF THE SEA
  69. STILL LIFE IN THE LORDS
  70. WELCOME TO A FELLOW CALLED FRASER
  71. THE GENTLE LADY THAT WAS MISS CATTO
  72. THE GENIUS OF JOCK STEIN
  73. WHY RABBITS LOVE MY GARDEN
  74. THE MAJESTY OF WASHINGTON
  75. FROM MANUEL TO MACLEAN
  76. PERCHANCE TO DREAM
  77. THE MAGNIFICENT MAIRS
  78. JOHN BROWN—AND THE QUEEN MARY
  79. NO BOBBY IN MAUD?
  80. THE GLORY OF GOTHENBURG
  81. OH, WHAT A ROYAL BOOB!
  82. THE LINGERING GRIEF OF LOCKERBIE
  83. BUD NEILL REDISCOVERED
  84. WHY JOHN EXCELS AS A BOBBY
  85. LAS VEGAS FOR SURPRISES
  86. GLITTERING NIGHT AT THE SCOTTISH OSCARS
  87. COURAGE OF LUPINO LANE
  88. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
  89. MACKENDRICK—LEGEND OF FILMLAND
  90. THE DIGNITY OF MATT BUSBY
  91. THE MYSTERY MAN OF QUEEN STREET STATION
  92. STRANGE CALL ABOUT THE DAFFODILS
  93. THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY—50 YEARS ON
  94. THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
  95. THE ARTISTIC FRAME OF LIFE
  96. THE WINDOWS OF TIME
  97. THE WONDERS OF PARIS
  98. TO NEW YORK ON THE QE2
  99. DIAMOND DAY FOR THE MARY
  100. THE FLYING SCOTS
  101. MARCHING WITH MY HEROES
  102. THE TOWER OF EMPIRE
  103. THE STRANGE FATE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
  104. HOW WE WRAPPED UP THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  105. THE WRITING MORRISONS
  106. MY RUSSIAN RHAPSODY
  107. THE MAN WHO WAS HITLER’S MENTOR
  108. NEW YORK, NEW YORK!
  109. LAND OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
  110. TEARS OF FAREWELL FOR SCOTLAND THE WHAT?
  111. NEW YEAR NIGGLES
  112. SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE LUSITANIA
  113. WHEN JACKS ARE ALL THE RAGE
  114. THE TRIALS OF A STAMMER
  115. THE MASSACRE OF DUNBLANE
  116. AN HISTORIC DAY IN MAUD
  117. AN ODD TALE ABOUT THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
  118. COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR? I EAT MY WORDS
  119. AMAZING GRACE IN AN ENGLISH MINSTER
  120. SO TODAY I’M 65 …
  121. PLATES
  122. BY THE SAME AUTHOR
  123. COPYRIGHT