Description
As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cover to cover and dreamed of becoming a journalist. In this deeply personal memoir, he tells how his family history has influenced his view of the world, introducing us to his Windrush generation parents, a great- grandfather who helped build the Panama Canal, and a great-uncle who fought in the First World War and later became a prominent police detective in Jamaica.
He reflects on how being black has affected his perspective on issues he's encountered in thirty years reporting some of the biggest stories of our time (most recently from Ukraine). He explains how those experiences gave him a better idea of what it means to be an outsider. Clive tells of his pride in his roots, but his determination not to be defined by his background.