Martin Bell OBE has been many things - an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain's first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, and 'the man in the white suit' - a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics. But as For Whom the Bell Tolls reveals, he's also a poet of light verse, and here Bell's poems continue his war by other means on duplicitous politicians, our all-consuming media, the venality of celebrity culture and much more. Bell presents poems on Tony Blair and Iraq, on Serbian war ...
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Martin Bell OBE has been many things - an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain's first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, and 'the man in the white suit' - a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics. But as For Whom the Bell Tolls reveals, he's also a poet of light verse, and here Bell's poems continue his war by other means on duplicitous politicians, our all-consuming media, the venality of celebrity culture and much more. Bell presents poems on Tony Blair and Iraq, on Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, on his hero, Reuters reporter Kurt Schork, and colourful episodes from his work and life, from being starstruck by Angelina Jolie, to a mordant epitaph on Margaret Thatcher, to his being a guest at Idi Amin's wedding: '. that by God / Was well worth doing, if distinctly odd.'
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. x, 162 pages, index of first lines, index of titles, previous owner gift message on the front endpaper, signed dedication by Martin Bell on the title page.
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New. Light and dark verse from the 'man in the white suit' on dodgy politicians, the futility of war and the venality of celebrity culture Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290. 2011. UK ed. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a tight binding and crisp pages, no marks or notations. Dust jacket shows minor wear. HB HS.
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New. 2013. UK ed. Paperback. Light and dark verse from the 'man in the white suit' on dodgy politicians, the futility of war and the venality of celebrity culture Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 9781848313040.
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