Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis gives us a peek behind the curtain of interviews with the most powerful and charismatic individuals of our age
If you think you know the news, think again. In this behind-the-scenes, no holds barred account of life on Newsnight in the seconds before, during and after going on air, Emily Maitlis discloses the wrangling, bust-ups, blow-ups, pleading, last-second script-shreddings, scoops, walk-outs and unexpected love-ins that we never see on-screen.
Covering everything from the Paris terror attacks to Grenfell, #MeToo to President Clinton's love affairs, Boris Johnson, goat yoga, and interviews with everyone from Emma Thompson and Tony Blair to Donald Trump and Russell Brand, Airhead is a brilliant expose of the moments that never make the news.
'A wonderfully sane book for our unhinged times'
Simon Schama'Vividly chronicles the pains and perils of news television'
Guardian'Emily has a style that would make you enjoy her report on the end of the world'
Jeremy Vine'Fluent, conversational and funny. Acerbic, hilarious'
Evening Standard'Searing honesty, compassion, intelligence . . . engages at every level'
Daily Mail'Irresistible. Her book's a romp'
The Times
