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2. A singalong with The Boss in Rome, great journalists remembered, and a duck called Puskas

Author

Alton, Roger

Subjects
Rock singers -- Performances, Journalists -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Appreciation, Memorial service -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

On a recent windswept night in Rome's Circus Maximus--once home of the chariot races--Bruce Springsteen delivered a three-hour epic show that transcended any definition of rock music. Above and beyond, [...]

Published
2023

3. A noble trade: press photographers are often wrongly cast as cynics or manipulators. In fact, they are romantic figures, driven by a desire to tell the truth, writes Roger Alton

Author

Alton, Roger

Subjects
Photograph collections -- Exhibitions -- Criticism and interpretation -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Photojournalism -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Exhibitions, News photographers -- Appreciation -- Exhibitions -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Abstract

Harold Evans's Pictures on a Page (30 years old and still essential reading for anyone who cares about journalism) has a fascinating black-and-white picture on the back cover. It shows […]

Published
2007

4. Roger responds

Author

Alton, Roger

Subjects
Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Janet Mansfield (Letters, 30 March) quite rightly takes me to task for the appallingly facetious and disrespectful tone of my footling remarks about public services and education in the Alastair [...]

Published
2009

5. Daily bread: I'm a huge admirer of Tony Blair but I come in for a good ticking-off from colleagues for a headline on a story about his property woes

Author

Alton, Roger

Subjects
Ex-prime ministers -- Evaluation -- Homes and haunts -- Finance, Company financing, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

The Verve's Richard Ashcroft, closing Glastonbury with a mesmerising performance of 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', reminds his audience and the countless thousands, like myself, watching at home, that we have to [...]

Published
2008

6. Pens, rulers, fists--and tears

Author

Alton, Roger

Subjects
The Observer (Periodical), Politicians -- Death of -- Media coverage -- Appreciation -- Personal narratives, English language -- Appreciation -- Personal narratives, Assassination -- Personal narratives, Periodical editors -- Personal narratives -- Appreciation
Abstract

A peculiar way to start the new year. I don't just mean because of the spineless performance of the England cricket team in Sri Lanka. Nor am I thinking of […]

Published
2008

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