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
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
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
Bad reviews are the bane of an author's post-publication existence. Nigel Hamilton authorbadbane Change image and share on social
I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else can I sit down for two hours with people who understand the challenge I face, daily, as a life-chronicler? Nigel Hamilton belongbiographerboston Change image and share on social
The moral was, in time of anarchy, tough leadership is the only solution - even though the collateral damage may be heartbreaking. Mrs. Thatcher's strident, take-no prisoners approach was in some ways repugnant, but it was surely necessary. Nigel Hamilton anarchyapproachcollateral share on social
Dwight D. Eisenhower, in my judgment, will go down in history as one of the four 'great' presidents since the U.S. reluctantly became an empire in World War II; Richard Nixon as the nearest to a sociopath by the time he was compelled to resign. Nigel Hamilton compeldwighteisenhower share on social
Traditionally Presidents Day was Washington's birthday. It was celebrated as a public holiday on February 22 each year, in peace or in war. Nigel Hamilton birthdaycelebrateday Change image and share on social
In publishing 'JFK: Reckless Youth' almost twenty years ago, I had gotten into trouble myself with the Kennedys. Not because of my portrait of JFK - which was highly laudatory - but because I had described his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in less-than-flattering terms. Nigel Hamilton agofitzgeraldflatter share on social
My father had risen in the British Army under the revolutionary aegis of General Montgomery, who was mad about training for battle, not muddling into disaster. Nigel Hamilton aegisarmybattle Change image and share on social