The Hugo Young Papers: A Journalist’s Notes from the Heart of Politics

Winner of the Channel Four Political Book of the Year 2008

Hugo Young was one of Britain’s most influential, respected and trusted political journalists. For decades, until his death in 2003, he talked off the record to politicians from every party, meticulously writing down everything that had been said. This selection of the best of those confidential notes offers an unparalleled insight into British political life, and is a testament to one of journalism’s towering figures.