[…]k you went in to see the RSM and the RSM wrote your name down in a big book and he said to me, “Donnellan” ‘Yes Sir” He said, “I understand you are a journalist in civil life.” I said, “Yes Sir” he said “I'd be grateful if perhaps you could write your impressions on the fort from the point of view o[…]
[…]ctions, losing factions.DS: Yes. I think politics have always been involved. It was worse when I got to Thames and when I got up into the Euston journalistic news area, that was horrific, but that’s for later.It seems almost suicidal on your part on occasions that you go out of your way to[…]
[…]but you are also a man of Kent aren’t you. 1PW: Yes, well I came to Kent on a 6-month contract and stayed 50 years. I’d been a journalist on the Bristol Evening Post for 10 years I suppose, and during that time I’d been in the Army for 2 years, stationed in Germany. 09’20[…]
[…]d against it. And decided to seek…thought that journalism would be my career. I had never done any journalism before. There were no journalistic people in my family. I just wanted to do journalism.I: [Unclear 0:02:26] when you were at a school before…R: […]
[…]t who was the youngest one. And they had also very little money and also, because of that, later on both my father and Alex worked in the evenings as journalists to get more money. And when I assisted Zoli many years later, Zoli always said that he, being the middle one, he always suffered that he d[…]
[…]levision Society, which is a highly prestigious award. And it was for its coverage of the troubles down the years. So that was totally memorable. The journalistic fraternity in Belfast honoured me byUnknown Speaker 1:33 putting me in their hall of famers adware. So I think that is about […]
[…]o bad, I just had no money, absolutely nothing. And we, I was trying to get into some sort of journalism, that’s what I was aiming for. And I’d met a journalist who’d worked for the NME [New Musical Express] primarily but also the Sunday Times, called John May and he’d worked on the alternative pres[…]
[…] ’s what I was aiming for. And I’d met a journalist who’d worked for the NME [New M usical Express] […]
[…]abon doing really Press stuff without knowing terribly much! Without knowing anything about journalism in fact! So, I came into contact with a lot of journalists and back then, if I can put it metaphorically, it seemed a very convivial profession! They seemed to spend a lot of time eating and an eve[…]
[…]bout journalism?" and I hadn't thought about journalism so that would be about thirteen, fourteen so from there on my aim was always - I want to be a Journalist. I: And how did you go about being a Journalist? Presumably you went to university? R: Yeah. I: And got involved with the st[…]
