The Herald Years
Published on 21. November 1996
495 pages
978-1-84502-924-1 (ISBN)
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Voted Columnist of the Year in 1996, Jack Webster is one of the most popular journalists in Scotland today. His columns in The Herald have won him many friends, who will be delighted at this new collection of Jack's best work.
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Former Gordon's pupil Jack Webster worked his way up in newspaper publishing to become one of Scotland's most highly rated columnists, ending his career at The Herald. In 1996, he was voted Newspaper Columnist of the Year. His books include his autobiography Grains of Truth, biographies of Alistair MacLean and Reo Stakis and two books on one of his favourite subjects - Aberdeen FC.
Content
- COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- DEDICATIONS
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD BY HARRY REID
- INTRODUCTION
- MY FRIEND WALTER-LOCAL HERO
- HARRY BENSON-LORD OF THE LENS
- HOODOO ON AMERICAN PRESIDENTS?
- DINING AT THE CARLTON CLUB
- SO I TAKE MY FAREWELL OF HONEYNEUK
- MENSA? JIMMY STEWART HAD A BETTER IDEA
- THEY STILL SETTLE FOR LAUREL AND HARDY
- ON MEETING THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
- REMEMBERING MY OLD PAL NORMAN
- THE LEGEND OF JIM RODGER
- WHY I HAD TO REACH ABERDEEN THAT NIGHT
- THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF CHRIS ANDERSON
- THE GOLDEN GRAVEL OF ROBERT BOOTHBY
- THE DAY THEY OPERATED ON MY FAITHFUL FRIEND
- SO WHAT WAS THE POP MUSIC OF MY DAY?
- WHEN WILL THE CENTURY REALLY BEGIN?
- HOW THE NEWSREELS BRING IT ALL ALIVE
- WHERE DO THEY FIND THOSE GORGEOUS NURSES?
- LOOKING BACK ON THE PROFUMO SCANDAL
- PEOPLE YOU MEET AT A MALCOLM FORBES PARTY
- REUNION TIME FOR LISBON LIONS
- THE REMARKABLE GARRYS-ROBERT AND FLORA
- TO DUBROVNIK-AND AN EVENING WITH MONTY
- THOMAS THE RHYMER-AND THE CURSE OF FYVIE
- THE VISIONARY THAT WAS R. F. MACKENZIE
- WE ALL HAVE A STORY .
- GOD BLESS IRVING BERLIN!
- SO WAS IT THE REAL HESS WHO CAME TO SCOTLAND?
- PIPER ALPHA-THE PRICE WE PAY FOR A MIRACLE
- LUCKIEST DAY OF THE CENTURY
- BAIRD AND WALLIS-THE STRUGGLES OF GENIUS
- QUEEN ELIZABETH-FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
- A WEIRD EXPERIENCE AT THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
- HOW THE FAMOUS MET THEIR DEATHS
- OSCAR SLATER-THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
- LADY WHO WROTE "THE NORTHERN LIGHTS"
- SLAUGHTER AT KING'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
- JIMMY DELANEY-GLADIATOR OF SOCCER
- BACK TO THE ABERDEEN OF HARRY GORDON
- A. T. MAYS-THE MAN WHO DOESN'T EXIST
- AS BARON APPROACHED HIS CENTENARY
- MANHATTAN REQUIEM FOR A MEMORABLE SCOT
- DANNY GORDON-BAILIE O' BENACHIE
- NOTALOTTI PAVAROTTI
- TROUBLE OF CHOOSING A NAME
- REMEMBRANCE FOR WALTER
- THE LORD'S MY SHEPHERD
- THE DILEMMA OF A SON'S PHONE-CALL
- FACE TO FACE WITH CHURCHILL
- PAVAROTTI OF PITTODRIE
- LIFE ON THE FIDDLE-WITH MAX JAFFA
- SOUND OF THE SIXTIES
- THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF OTTO BUCHER
- IN SEARCH OF "NO MEAN CITY"
- LIFE IS A MONKEY SHOW
- SEEKING JUSTICE FOR JESSIE
- ROUNDING OFF A YEAR WITH ALISTAIR MACLEAN
- THE MAGIC OF BEVERLY HILLS
- HOW WE FILMED "WEBSTER'S ROUP"
- ROYAL DAY FOR MAUD
- THE MAN WHO GUARDED RUDOLF HESS
- THE SPIRIT OF THE SEA
- STILL LIFE IN THE LORDS
- WELCOME TO A FELLOW CALLED FRASER
- THE GENTLE LADY THAT WAS MISS CATTO
- THE GENIUS OF JOCK STEIN
- WHY RABBITS LOVE MY GARDEN
- THE MAJESTY OF WASHINGTON
- FROM MANUEL TO MACLEAN
- PERCHANCE TO DREAM
- THE MAGNIFICENT MAIRS
- JOHN BROWN-AND THE QUEEN MARY
- NO BOBBY IN MAUD?
- THE GLORY OF GOTHENBURG
- OH, WHAT A ROYAL BOOB!
- THE LINGERING GRIEF OF LOCKERBIE
- BUD NEILL REDISCOVERED
- WHY JOHN EXCELS AS A BOBBY
- LAS VEGAS FOR SURPRISES
- GLITTERING NIGHT AT THE SCOTTISH OSCARS
- COURAGE OF LUPINO LANE
- SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
- MACKENDRICK-LEGEND OF FILMLAND
- THE DIGNITY OF MATT BUSBY
- THE MYSTERY MAN OF QUEEN STREET STATION
- STRANGE CALL ABOUT THE DAFFODILS
- THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY-50 YEARS ON
- THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
- THE ARTISTIC FRAME OF LIFE
- THE WINDOWS OF TIME
- THE WONDERS OF PARIS
- TO NEW YORK ON THE QE2
- DIAMOND DAY FOR THE MARY
- THE FLYING SCOTS
- MARCHING WITH MY HEROES
- THE TOWER OF EMPIRE
- THE STRANGE FATE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
- HOW WE WRAPPED UP THE SECOND WORLD WAR
- THE WRITING MORRISONS
- MY RUSSIAN RHAPSODY
- THE MAN WHO WAS HITLER'S MENTOR
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK!
- LAND OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
- TEARS OF FAREWELL FOR SCOTLAND THE WHAT?
- NEW YEAR NIGGLES
- SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE LUSITANIA
- WHEN JACKS ARE ALL THE RAGE
- THE TRIALS OF A STAMMER
- THE MASSACRE OF DUNBLANE
- AN HISTORIC DAY IN MAUD
- AN ODD TALE ABOUT THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR
- COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR? I EAT MY WORDS
- AMAZING GRACE IN AN ENGLISH MINSTER
- SO TODAY I'M 65 .
- PLATES
- BY THE SAME AUTHOR
- COPYRIGHT
