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History, both political and literary, was made when W. F. Deedes met Evelyn Waugh in 1935. Both were in Abyssinia to cover a war which many in England regarded with bewildered indifference but which profoundly influenced an impending global conflict. Whilst Deedes was principally concerned with filing copy to London, the author of Brideshead Revisited had another agenda and another novel in mind, Scoop. 

William Deedes is a national institution. Over the course of a career spanning 70 years, he has become one of the most respected and admired journalists of the last century. This is his story, told with his characteristic modesty, insight, and wit.