Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670922846 ISBN 13 : 9780670922840

Editeur : Portfolio Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, Lunch with the FT is a selection of classic interviews conducted in the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table.

The list of people who have had Lunch with the FT since 1994 reads like an international Who's Who of our times. Meet the rich and famous, the weird and the brilliant, the brave and the virtuous, brought to you by the Financial Times' global network of columnists and correspondents.

The operative word is lunch: this book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of Angela Merkel or Martin Amis, George Soros or Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Angelina Jolie or Jimmy Carter. Meet not just oligarchs and royals, but the tycoon who will pay African presidents to quit, and one of the Arab world's most notorious sons.

Also included are James Ferguson's famous illustrations in black and white.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, has steered the newspaper to three Newspaper of the Year awards. He has co-written several books, lectured widely, and appears regularly on international TV, and radio.

Barber graduated in 1978 from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. In 2009 he was awarded the St George Society medal of honour. A long time FT foreign correspondent in Washington, Brussels and New York he is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Tate.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'From the very first mouthful, Lunch with the FT was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times. The formula was deceptively simple: a conversation-cum-interview over an agreeable lunch. Good food was essential, preferably washed down with a decent bottle of wine to elicit insights and the occasional indiscretion. There have now been more than 800 lunches, featuring presidents, playwrights, tycoons, filmstars, monks and more than the occasional oddball.

Inevitably, lunch - like the FT - has evolved. In the age of the smartphone and still or sparkling water, the FT has accommodated the busy lives of the rich, powerful and self-important by agreeing to a breakfast, tea or the occasional sandwich. But even modest fare can produce scintillating copy. Here are 52 of the best - an international who's who from the arts, business, politics and science. They meet our famous test: FT journalismmust not only inform but also delight readers'

Lionel Barber
Editor, Financial Times

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

'Gavin Ewart is dead. The poet's death, last week, was hardly the consequence of lunch with the Financial Times. But, with hindsight, we gave him a grand send-off...'

From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, Lunch with the FT is a selection of classic interviews conducted in the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table.

The list of people who have had Lunch with the FT since 1994 read like an international Who's Who of our times. Meet the rich and famous, the weird and the brilliant, the brave and the virtuous, brought to you by the Financial Times' global network of columnists and correspondents.

The operative word is lunch: this book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of Angela Merkel or Martin Amis, George Soros or Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Angelina Jolie or Jimmy Carter. Meet not just oligarchs and royals, but the tycoon who will pay African presidents to quit, and one of the Arab world's most notorious sons.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Portfolio Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670922846
• ISBN 13: 9780670922840
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Éditeur: Barber Lionel
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Portfolio; https://www.wetones.co.uk/; ; 105 Golborne Rd; London; W10 5NL; Royaume-Uni
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