Bad reviews are the bane of an author's post-publication existence. Nigel Hamilton authorbadbane Change image and share on social
To be sure, administrations since Ronald Reagan had gone out of their way to massage and 'spin' news to the president's advantage, while the media did its best to un-spin it. Nigel Hamilton administrationadvantagemassage Change image and share on social
Listening to the stories my colleagues are researching and grappling with - in terms of access to documents, psychological understanding of their subjects, artful composition and determination to extrapolate from an individual's life lessons and insights that we can all learn from - I am each time overwhelmed by joy. Nigel Hamilton accessartfulcolleague share on social
After university, I taught secondary school for a while and opened a bookshop in Greenwich, just east of London. Nigel Hamilton bookshopeastgreenwich Change image and share on social
I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy years, given the huge responsibilities the president carries across the world. Nigel Hamilton carrycharityhuge Change image and share on social
Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focusing on 'the economy, stupid' - and Clinton's victory led, in time, to the longest sustained boom in American history. Nigel Hamilton americanbeatbill share on social
I once wrote that Lord Moran, Churchill's doctor, had doctored his diaries as well as his famous patient. That was true but unfair. Although their authenticity as contemporary, daily accounts is often questionable, the observations are quite wonderful. Nigel Hamilton accountauthenticitychurchill share on social
Both JFK and George W. Bush were the sons of wealthy U.S. ambassadors and thus privileged to meet distinguished figures, to travel, and to see the world and think about its problems if they chose. Nigel Hamilton ambassadorbushchoose Change image and share on social
As a student, I had stayed with Winston Churchill; later, I had lunched with Harold Macmillan - in fact, had met most of the post-war prime ministers of Great Britain from Douglas-Home to Tony Blair. Nigel Hamilton blairbritainchurchill Change image and share on social
For the serious biographer, history and the life story of a real individual are inseparably intertwined. Get the facts wrong, or distort them, and the life story gets distorted: becomes fiction. Nigel Hamilton biographerdistortfact Change image and share on social