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'God I wish Rachel was prime minister... Reading it is like being
invited to a deliciously gossipy party' Marina Hyde 'Fabulously
indiscreet and funny...I loved it' Gaby Hinsliff, Observer 'There
will be weightier political tomes this year than Rake's Progress,
but you will not read one more entertaining' Roger Alton, Daily
Mail 'Spectacular. The only honest thing I've ever read about
political campaigning' P.J.O'Rourke A unique, revealing and
entertaining insight into the political dramas of recent times.
Rachel Johnson was born into what has been described by some as the
UK's most famous political family, and by others as 'Poundshop
Kennedys'. She was always keen to avoid the family business at all
costs and plough her own furrow as a broadcaster, novelist and
journalist. But, after the referendum to leave the EU in 2016, she
felt the heavy hand of fate. When an insurgent centre party burst
onto the scene in 2019, she felt compelled to stand for something
rather than nothing - which happened to be just as her own older
brother, Boris, was making his final assault on Downing Street. As
some joked, she went into politics to spend more time with her
family. Rake's Progress tells the extraordinary story of what
happened next. From long silences on the radio when asked tricky
policy questions to loud curses from David Cameron during tennis
matches, Rachel reveals all about her brief political career.
Taking on Ann Widdecombe and the Brexit Party, would she and her
party make history - or become a forgotten footnote in the rolling
omnishambles of British politics? Beyond her own story, Rake's
Progress highlights the importance of standing up for your beliefs
and the challenges of life in the public eye, and takes the reader
behind the scenes, from the campaign trail to the 'Westminster
bubble' and the carpeted corridors of power. Written with great
honesty and self-deprecating humour, this is a book that reveals
the very human side of politics.
A unique, revealing and entertaining insight into the political
dramas of recent times. Rachel Johnson was born into what has been
described by some as the UK's most famous political family, and by
others as 'Poundshop Kennedys'. She was always keen to avoid the
family business at all costs and plough her own furrow as a
broadcaster, novelist and journalist. But, after the referendum to
leave the EU in 2016, she felt the heavy hand of fate. When an
insurgent centre party burst onto the scene in 2019, she felt
compelled to stand for something rather than nothing - which
happened to be just as her own older brother, Boris, was making his
final assault on Downing Street. As some joked, she went into
politics to spend more time with her family. Rake's Progress tells
the extraordinary story of what happened next. From long silences
on the radio when asked tricky policy questions to loud curses from
David Cameron during tennis matches, Rachel reveals all about her
brief political career. Taking on Ann Widdecombe and the Brexit
Party, would she and her party make history - or become a forgotten
footnote in the rolling omnishambles of British politics? Beyond
her own story, Rake's Progress highlights the importance of
standing up for your beliefs and the challenges of life in the
public eye, and takes the reader behind the scenes, from the
campaign trail to the 'Westminster bubble' and the carpeted
corridors of power. Written with great honesty and self-deprecating
humour, this is a book that reveals the very human side of
politics.
This book contains a collection of lecture notes written by
recognized experts in the field of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN).
The collection is aimed at providing both an introduction and at
the same time an overview of the state-of-the-art of AGN research.
This book also addresses the still not entirely understood link of
an AGN with its host galaxy and also the related question of the
birth and growth of massive black holes in the Universe.
A fun and outrageous take on the rainbow-bright unicorn food trend,
bursting with fantastic goodness. Unicorn food--brightly hued
dishes that make you smile--has taken the world by storm. That
means the time is ripe for a book-length celebration of its many
benefits. (The rainbows! The glitter! The happiness!) So food
writer and stylist Rachel Johnson has gathered 40 of her most
over-the-top unicorn creations, including: Rainbow Sprinkle Waffle
Cake Unicorn Movie Mix Vanilla Sprinkle Puff Cereal Tie-Dyed
Grilled Cheese Unicorn Universe Baked Donuts DIY Rainbow Pasta
Glitter Pink Strawberry Marshmallows Sprinkle Cake Truffles Curated
for maximal magic and presented in swooning full color in a
gift-ready package, it's an expression of pure sugary joy.
The need for HR professionals to understand and apply data
analytics is greater than ever. Today’s successful HR
professionals must ask insightful questions, understand key terms,
and intelligently apply data, but may lack a clear understanding of
the many forms, types, applications, interpretations, and
capabilities of HR analytics. HR Analytics provides a practical
approach to using data to solve real HR challenges in organizations
and demystifies analytics with clear guidelines and recommendations
for making the business case, starting an HR analytics function,
avoiding common pitfalls, presenting data through visualization and
storytelling, and much more.
Rachel Johnson takes on the challenge of saving The Lady, Britain's
oldest women's weekly, in her hilarious diary, A Diary of The Lady:
My First Year and a Half as Editor. '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 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? 'Action-packed, entertaining, marvellously indiscreet.
Johnson is everything you want in a diarist and has a compulsive
habit of saying the wrong thing' Sunday Times 'She's a loose
cannon. All she thinks of is sex. You can't get her away from a
penis' Mrs Julia Budworth, co-owner, The Lady 'A total romp,
wonderfully readable, unflinchingly described' Guardian
'HYSTERICAL. For the first time, everyone is talking about The Lady
for reasons other than nannies' Piers Morgan Rachel Johnson is a
journalist who has written two previous novels and two volumes of
diaries. The Mummy Diaries, Notting Hell, Shire Hell and A Diary of
The Lady are all available now from Penguin.
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