Looking for Trouble: The Life and Times of a Foreign Correspondent

by Richard Beeston, John Cody Fidler-Simpson (Introduction)

Looking for Trouble is a vivid account of 35 years in journalism by a former foreign correspondent and bureau chief of The Daily Telegraph. It recounts an extraordinary and eventful period in the years before instant communication and mass TV coverage and provides a riveting first-hand record of history unfurling during many of the world's most dramatic events of the Cold War era.

Richard Beeston describes what the restless, nomadic life of a foreign correspondent is like, providing colourful and lively portrayals of daily life in Fleet Street and communist Moscow; of his years with a radio station for MI6 in the Middle East; and of his acquaintance with the notorious Soviet agent, Kim Philby. Richard Beeston led a truly extraordinary life, superbly captured in this acclaimed memoir - now published in paperback for the first time.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pacy and charismatic personal account of the adventures of a foreign correspondent in the pre-digital age, and giving an interesting historical perspective in his glimpses of diverse foreign wars and diplomatic stand-offs of the mid-20th century.