Winston Churchill : a life in the news / Richard Toye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toye, Richard, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Relations with journalists.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Public opinion.

Prime ministers--Press coverage--Great Britain.

Prime ministers.

Press coverage.

Press and politics.

History.

Press.

Public opinion.

Relations with journalists.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Press--Great Britain--20th century.

Press and politics--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 378 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it was the media that made him a celebrity - and it has been considerably responsible for perpetuating his memory and shaping his reputation in the years since his death. Churchill first made his name via writing and journalism in the years before 1900, the money he earned helping to support his political career (at a time when MPs did not get salaries). Journalistic activities were also important to him later, as he struggled in the interwar years to find the wherewithal to run and maintain Chartwell, his country house in Kent. Moreover, not only was journalism an important aspect of Churchill's political persona, but he himself was a news-obsessive throughout his life. On a wider level, this is also the story of a rapidly evolving media and news culture in the first half of the twentieth century, and of what the contemporary reporting of Churchill's life (including by himself) can tell us about the development of this culture, over a period spanning from the Victorian era through to the space age.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Pushing Age

2. Stage Thunder

3. Any Home News?

4. Hell With The Lid Off

5. Born to Trouble

6. `Worse Than The Nazis'

7. `The War is not Fought to Amuse the Newspapers'

8. Whose Finger?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-366) and index.

ISBN:

9780198803980

0198803982

OCLC:

1111771633