Shelf Life
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Shelf Life

Journalism 2000-2021

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eBook - ePub

Shelf Life

Journalism 2000-2021

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About This Book

Few journalists exemplify the creed 'without fear or favour' like Gideon Haigh. Shelf Life selects from twenty-one years of writing on myriad subjects by one of our clearest thinkers, sharpest stylists and most curious journalists. Architecture and airline food. Depression and doodling. Goya and Grossman. Weegee and Wire. When not wiring about cricket, Gideon Haigh has enjoyed taking journalism on unexpected journeys, where curiosity calls, into the past and future as well as the present. Edited by Russell Jackson, Shelf Life samples his work from the last two decades: essays, reportage, reviews, crisp analyses, deep dives into history, of no camp, and independent of the news cycle, from his shelves to yours.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Australia
Year
2021
ISBN
9781761105241
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Journalism
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Editor’s Note
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. ‘Not With a Bang’: Nevil Shute’s On The Beach (2018)
  6. 2. The History Boy: Geoff Blainey’s The Tyranny of Distance (2016)
  7. 3. ‘I Saw This’: Goya’s Desastres (2020)
  8. 4. The Truth Teller: Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate and A Writer at War (2006)
  9. 5. The Truth Teller 2: Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad (2019)
  10. 6. The War Less Thought: A review of Les Carlyon’s The Great War (2007)
  11. 7. The Generation Game: Saving the National Archives (2021)
  12. 8. Totally Wired: Wire’s Object 47 (2008)
  13. 9. The Pursuit of Useable Beauty: A profile of Damien Wright (2009)
  14. 10. The Disappearing Woman: An interview with Fiona Wright (2016)
  15. 11. Shit Lit: The rise of the koob (2004)
  16. 12. And You Can Too: The rise of subtitles (2008)
  17. 13. The Commanding Heights: Australia’s first skyscraper (2016)
  18. 14. Down on the Street: Weegee and Winogrand (2018)
  19. 15. The Good Doctor 1: A profile of John Cade (2007)
  20. 16. The Good Doctor 2: A profile of Bronwyn King (2016)
  21. 17. Graven Idols: The cult of the CEO (2007)
  22. 18. The Rich, the Bad and Ugly: Rogues of the Rich List (2009)
  23. 19. Entrepreneurs A-Go-Go: James Packer and Richard Pratt (2009)
  24. 20. Hero of the Markets: A review of Alan Greenspan’s The Age of Turbulence (2007)
  25. 21. Utopia Limited: For and against universal basic income (2016)
  26. 22. Requiem for a Brand: The death of Holden (2020)
  27. 23. Death of a Boss: Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) (2019)
  28. 24. Death of an Inventor: A review of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs (2011)
  29. 25. Feeding the Hand that Bites: On Reviewing (2010)
  30. 26. Death of a Publication: The demise of The Bulletin (2008)
  31. 27. A Century of Studs: A profile of Studs Terkel (1912–2008) (2012)
  32. 28. Churnalistic Standards: A review of Nick Davies’ Flat Earth News (2008)
  33. 29. The Journalist as Hero: A review of Seymour Hersh’s Reporter (2018)
  34. 30. The Journalist as Gossip: A review of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury (2018)
  35. 31. The Journalist as Politician: A review of Bob Woodward’s Rage (2020)
  36. 32. The Politician as Critic: A review of Lindsay Tanner’s Sideshow (2011)
  37. 33. The Master Game: The love of chess (2009)
  38. 34. Cartographophilia: The love of maps (2009)
  39. 35. Fed Up in the Air: The love of airline food (2013)
  40. 36. Lend Me Your Ears: The love of speechmaking (2009)
  41. 37. Automatic Writing: The love of doodling (2010)
  42. 38. The Reader Strikes Back: The love of libraries (2017)
  43. 39. The Future of the Past: The love of history (2018)
  44. About the Author
  45. Copyright