A Diary of The Lady

My First Year As Editor

Rachel Johnson

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English

Penguin
01 August 2011

Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; Memoirs; Publishing industry

A dangerously frank and hilarious account of Rachel Johnson's year turning around the venerable The Lady magazine

'The whole place seemed completely bonkers- dusty, tatty, disorganized and impossibly old-fashioned, set in an age of doilies and flag-waving patriotism and jam still for tea, some sunny day.'

Appointed editor of The Lady - the oldest women's weekly in the world - Rachel Johnson faced the challenge of a lifetime. For a start, how do you become an editor when you've never, well, edited? How do you turn around a venerable title, full of ads for walk-in baths, during the worst recession EVER? And forget doubling the circulation in a year - what on earth do you wear to work when you've spent the last fifteen years at home in sweatpants?

Will Rachel save The Lady - or sink it?

By: Rachel Johnson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780718192327
ISBN 10: 071819232X
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Johnson is married to Ivo Dawnay, has three children, and lives in London and Somerset. Her previous books include The Mummy Diaries, the international bestseller Notting Hell and Shire Hell.

Reviews for A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor

HYSTERICAL. For the first time, everyone is talking about The Lady for reasons other than nannies -- Piers Morgan Hilarious Daily Mail A total romp ... wonderfully readable -- Zoe Williams Guardian Eye-poppingly comic -- Mark Lawson Guardian Mitfordesque and both intentionally and unintentionally hilarious -- Viv Groskop Observer Action-packed, entertaining, marvellously indiscreet. Johnson is everything you want in a diarist and has a compulsive habit of saying the wrong thing -- Roland White Sunday Times Made me laugh out loud and stay up so late reading it that I shot terribly on the first drive -- Mrs Moneypenny Financial Times Confidential, hectic and clever -- Sheena Joughin Times Literary Supplement Lively, irreverent Daily Telegraph Fabulous, wonderfully written and a total hoot Deborah Ross