Scoop

by Evelyn Waugh

“The older I got and the more wars I covered – I have done about 18 – the more true it became”–Veteran BBC journalist Martin Bell on Evelyn Waugh’s journalistic satire Scoop.

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“The older I got and the more wars I covered – I have done about 18 – the more true it became. Everything is there.” Read more...

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Martin Bell, Foreign Correspondent

“I re-read it recently and was struck by how unchanged Fleet Street is, 80 years after it was written.” Read more...

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“Journalists would pride themselves on their amateurism, and Scoop shoves that back at them in spades.” Read more...

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Robert Cottrell, Journalist

“Before I worked for the Daily Express I thought Scoop was a marvellous work of fiction. Then I found it wasn’t that far from the truth.” Read more...

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