The Sunday Times Bestseller

 From the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir

 'It's beautiful - full of love and light - and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything' Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness 

 On Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52.

 Paralysed from the top of her chest down, she was to spend almost a full year in hospital, determinedly working towards gaining as much movement in her limbs as possible, and learning to navigate her way through a world that had previously been invisible to her.

 As a journalist Melanie had always turned to words and now, on a spinal ward peopled by an extraordinary array of individuals who were similarly at sea, she decided that writing would be her life-line. The World I Fell Out Of is an account of that year, and of those that followed. It is the untold 'back story' behind Melanie's award-winning 'Spinal Column' in The Times Magazine and a testament to 'the art of getting on with it'.

 Unflinchingly honest and beautifully observed, this is a wise and inspiring memoir about risk and dilemma, heroism and love . Above all, The World I Fell Out Of is a reminder that at any moment the life we know can be turned upside down - and a plea to start appreciating what we have while we have it.

The World I Fell Out Of

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes behave? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. My Trade, Andrew Marr's brilliant, and brilliantly funny, book is a guide to those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more. Andrew Marr tells the story of modern journalism through his own experience. This is an extremely readable and utterly unique modern social history of British journalism, with all its odd glamour, smashed hopes and future possibility.

My Trade - A Short History of British Journalism

Two corpses. A country on the edge of a political precipice. A conspiracy so bold it would make Machiavelli wince. Andrew Marr's debut novel imagines what really might be going on behind the door of 10 Downing Street.

 When a young investigative reporter is found dead on the streets of London few people notice. But when another body - minus its head and hands - is washed up on the banks of the Thames, its grisly condition arouses a little more interest.

 There appears to be no connection between the two dead men. But, unsuspected by the electorate, there is a shocking and dangerous secret at the very heart of government. While the United Kingdom approaches a crucial and delicately-balanced referendum on Europe, a group of ruthlessly determined individuals will stop at nothing - including murder - to prevent the truth from getting out.

 Andrew Marr's first novel is a gleefully twisted spin through the corridors of power. Making full use of his unrivalled inside knowledge of the British political scene, Marr has threaded his wickedly clever thriller with a distinctive strand of pitch-black humour, to offer an irreverent glimpse behind the parliamentary curtain.

Head of State

Les débats autour du « Brexit » font rage. Le Royaume-Uni doit-il rester au sein de l'Union ? Au 10, Downing Street, on pense que oui. Mais, à quelques jours du référendum, le Premier ministre est retrouvé mort.
Révéler sa disparition pourrait précipiter la victoire du « non ». L'entourage du Premier ministre décide alors de ne rien dire jusqu'au lendemain du vote. Et charge un homme sans scrupule de protéger ce secret.
Sa mission : préserver les intérêts de l'État. Mais business is business, et Alois Haydn détient une information monnayable à prix d'or...
Qui a dit que le destin d'un peuple ne se négociait pas ?

Un homme d'influence

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted. Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge - first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre.

A History of Modern Britain

Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller, fully revised and updated with a new chapter.'Absorbing .

The Diamond Queen - Elizabeth II and her People

The Sunday Times bestseller

 THE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain's Elizabethan Age by bestselling writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr

 Britain changed fundamentally during the Queen's long, distinguished reign. So who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What did it mean to be the new Elizabethans?

 In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1953, Andrew Marr traces the people who have made Britain the country it is today. From the activists to the artists, the sports heroes to the innovators, these people pushed us forward, changed the conversation, encouraged us to eat better, to sing, think and to protest. They got things done. How will our generation be remembered in a hundred years' time? And when you look back at Britain's toughest moments in the past seventy years, what do you learn about its people and its values?

 In brilliantly entertaining style and with unexpected insights into some of our sung and unsung heroes, this is our story as Elizabethans - the story of how 1950s Britain evolved into the diverse country we live in today. In short, it is the history of modern Britain.

 FEATURING: David Attenborough. Marcus Rashford. Jan Morris. Diana Dors. Bob Geldof. David Olusoga. Elizabeth David. Zaha Hadid. Frank Crichlow. Quentin Crisp. Dusty Springfield. Captain Tom - and many others

Elizabethans - A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged

« Un thriller noir, caustique et grinçant. »The Daily MailÀ moins d'une semaine d'un référendum sur le maintien de la Grande-Bretagne au sein de l'Union, le Premier Ministre décède d'une crise cardiaque. Convaincu que l'annonce de sa mort risque de précipiter la victoire du « non », son entourage décide de garder le secret jusqu'au lendemain du vote et engage un homme de l'ombre pour protéger ce secret. À tout prix. Mais cet homme joue double jeu : en révélant la supercherie, il pourrait spéculer en bourse sur la chute de la livre et s'enrichir considérablement. Il y gagnerait aussi une place de choix auprès de la candidate de l'opposition, toute désignée pour devenir Première Ministre. Le seul problème, c'est qu'il n'est pas le seul à détenir l'information. Pour éviter qu'un autre ne la divulgue avant lui, il se lance dans une série d'assassinats qui touchent le monde politique comme celui des médias...« Brillant. »Mail on SundaySignature Blurb« Impossible à lâcher ! »Sunday Times« Plein d'esprit et irrévérent. »Kirkus Review

Un Homme d'influence

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted. Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge - first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre.b>This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit./b>

A HISTORY OF MODERN BRITAIN

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question 'How should we live?' Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared. It was also a time that witnessed the birth of the media as we know it today and the beginnings of the welfare state. Beyond trenches, flappers and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments and raucous stage heroines. From organic food to drugs, nightclubs and celebrities to package holidays, crooked bankers to sleazy politicians, the echoes of today's Britain ring from almost every page.

The Making of Modern Britain - From Queen Victoria to VE Day

Andrew Marr, né le 31 juillet 1959 à Glasgow, est un journaliste et animateur de télévision et de radio britannique. Commençant sa carrière en tant que commentateur politique, il devient rédacteur en chef du journal The Independent entre 1996 et 1998, puis contribue à la chronique politique pour BBC News entre 2000 et 2005. À partir de septembre 2005, il anime un programme politique, Sunday AM (qui deviendra The Andrew Marr Show), sur BBC One. En 2002, Marr devient l'hôte de l'émission de discussion Start the Week sur BBC Radio 4. 
En 2007, il présente l'histoire politique de la Grande-Bretagne d'après-guerre à BBC Two, Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain, suivi en 2009 de la préquelle Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, consacrée à la période entre 1901 et 1945. En 2010, il présente la série Andrew Marr's Megacities (le nom le distingue des autres séries de Megacities), explorant la vie, le développement et les défis de certaines des plus grandes villes du monde.
Au début de l'année 2012, il présente The Diamond Queen, une série en trois parties sur le règne de la reine Élisabeth II. Fin septembre 2012, Marr commence à présenter Andrew Marr's History of the World, une série examinant l'histoire de la civilisation humaine. 
Après un accident vasculaire cérébral en janvier 2013, Marr est hospitalisé pendant deux mois. Il retourne au Andrew Marr Show le 1er septembre 2013.

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