Committed Observer : Memoirs of a Journalist

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the notes, diaries and better articles of the individual writer are supporting evidence, and a model for the new generations of journalists who come to record their own history.

This book is a journey through war, expatriation, hardship and excess recorded in articles and diaries published over two decades.

The Falklands War, meetings with the Sultan of Oman and Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, with Paul McCartney, Graham Greene and Woody Allen, actress Andie McDowell and writer Jorge Luis Borges, reflect the curiosity that drives a journalist and the rich opportunity the business offers.