Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture”

We’ve known Dylan since the days he was editing i-D, Arena and GQ and he’s been a regular on our podcasts talking about his books on Live Aid, the ‘80s, David Bowie and Wichita Lineman. And he’s finally written his memoir, These Foolish Things, full of insights and stories about glam rock, punk, the Blitz, four decades of the magazine world and the people he interviewed and shepherded into awards shows. You’ll hear the delightful clang of the odd dropped name here, along with …

 

… Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine and the power of fame when it was harder to achieve.

 

… seeing Leigh Bowery in daylight.

 

 … the real story of Kylie’s “bare bum” tennis shoot.

 

… does every good memoir involve a degree of treachery?

 

… why Hollywood’s still obsessed with print.

 

… William Hague’s 14 pints, Nick Clegg’s 30 women and other self-selling GQ scoops.

 

… Piers Morgan and Alastair Campbell (“the rottweilers”) and other interrogators who’d always come back with a cover line, usually involving a number.

 

… how politicians make great interviews as they’re used to aggression.

 

… “not now, I’m filming!”: life in the Arena office.

 

… i-D, the Face, nightclubs and “intoxicating” London in the early ‘80s.

 

… magazine covers and the fine art of horse-trading.

 

Order These Foolish Things here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/These-Foolish-Things-Dylan-Jones/dp/1408719851

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