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March 9, 2007
Thank goodness for journalists
Devoted readers of this blog will know that I have good reasons for special affection with newspaper people.
The first is to be found if you look in the political columns of The Times on most days; the second is that, when researching and writing about the Crimean War of 1854- 1856 I discovered that the greatest hero of that moment was the editor of The Times, John Delane, about whom I wrote a book and who became an inspiration and a hero.
In pursuit of saving public libraries, publishers (aside from only one or two) have been no help at all (having abandoned humanity and sweet reason in pursuit only of wealth); book dealers have been a bit better; authors have been fairly good (and a couple have been wonderful), but journalists have been, almost without fail, extremely active, engaged, intelligent, energetic and supportive. Read this
Posted by Tim Coates at March 9, 2007 8:09 PM