{"product_id":"the-vanity-fair-diaries-the-magazine-that-defined-a-decade-1983-ai1992-9781399638081","title":"The Vanity Fair Diaries: The Magazine that Defined a Decade 1983–1992","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling THE PALACE PAPERS, these are t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe irreverent cult-favourite diaries of Tina Brown's eight spectacular years as editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Hang on - it's a wild ride' \u003cb\u003eMeryl Streep\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Brilliant, concretely realised social history as much as a fabulous odyssey, and I read it in a mad frenzy'\u003cb\u003e Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Indiscreet, brilliantly observed, frequently hilarious' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'As delightful as eating a whole box of chocolates, without a trace of weight gain' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Heaven' \u003cb\u003eIndia Knight, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1983. A young Englishwoman arrives in Manhattan on a mission. Summoned in the hope that she can save Conde Nast's troubled new flagship \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, Tina Brown is plunged into the maelstrom of competitive New York media. She survives the politics and the intrigue by a simple stratagem: succeeding. Here are the inside stories of the scoops and covers that sold millions: the Reagan kiss, the meltdown of Princess Diana's marriage to Prince Charles, the sensational Annie Leibovitz cover of a gloriously pregnant, naked Demi Moore. Written with dash and verve, the diary is also a sharply observed account of New York and London society. In its cinematic pages the drama, comedy and struggle of raising a family and running an 'it' magazine come to life.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781399638081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 07 Jul 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.4(H)x12.6(L)x3(W)340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 340\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eTina Brown is an award-winning writer and editor and the founder of the Women in the World summits. Between 1979 and 2001 she was editor successively of \u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the 2007 bestselling biography of the Princess of Wales, \u003ci\u003eThe Diana Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2008 Brown founded \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2014 launched Tina Brown Live Media to expand Women in the World internationally. She is married to editor, publisher and historian Sir Harold Evans and lives in New York City.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eA mile-a-minute memoir I read like a parrot with my nails embedded in Pirate Tina's shoulder, yelling 'What??!!' 'What!?!!' 'WOWZA!' as she swashbuckles through the eighties, her sword slicing up the staid shibboleths of New York. I remembered why I was afraid of her in those days. And why that energy and imagination, turned to making the world better, has galvanized so many of us now. A cultural catalyst, she makes things happen. Thank god she wrote it all down. Hang on - it's a wild ride\u003cbr\u003eAs delightful as eating a whole box of chocolates, without a trace of weight gain . . . irresistible * DAILY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, concretely realised social history as much as a fabulous odyssey, and I read it in a mad frenzy\u003cbr\u003eI read them in one six-hour sprint of pure pleasure and joy . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eindiscreet, brilliantly observed, frequently hilarious. It's all here: the Demi Moore naked and pregnant front cover, Claus von Bulow photographed in black leather, Donald and Ivana Trump,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethe whole sweep of Eighties Manhattan reported at first hand in Tina's fresh, beady, borderline-paranoid style * EVENING STANDARD *\u003cbr\u003eHeaven * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eFull of creative glee, passion and wild-ride excitement, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanity Fair Diaries \u003c\/i\u003efeatures a cast of characters like Mad Men (and women) on speed; an epic of a legendary magazine's dazzling re-creation; moments of laugh-out-loud comic asides, juicy gossip and sketches of Austen-like sharpness, all put together by an editor of high-octane genius who pauses only to reflect that however good she might be, it's never quite good enough. Oh yes it is. Read the diaries and feel better about everything\u003cbr\u003eAddictive . . . features encounters with every influential name under the sun (political, literary and Hollywood stars) as well as an insight into Brown's publishing power, which changed magazine journalism for ever * i NEWSPAPER *\u003cbr\u003eA great deal of fun . . . a perfect primer to the gaudy excesses of 1980s culture.  It is her joy in her job, her delight at being ringside in this moment, and, most of all, her sheet chutzpah, which keeps you turning the pages * i NEWSPAPER *\u003cbr\u003eBrown is brilliant at these gleeful little character descriptions . . . She has the knack of making people instantly interesting . . . a fast-paced and head-spinningly hectic read * SUNDAY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003eThe party-by-party, cover-by-cover story of how a Brit conquered New York publishing * NEW STATESMAN Books of the Year\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBrown [is] a fabulous diarist.  It's not just that she's a wonderful writer (although she is: fluent, funny, fierce).  It's more that, even after taking her seat at America's top table, she never stops noticing.  Amid the narcotic stupefaction of great wealth, Brown is invariably alert and on the money * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eSuch a juicy read.  She's honest about every interaction, no matter how big the star: every success and every mistake * GRAZIA *\u003cbr\u003eOne is left with huge admiration for Brown's wit, talent and determination * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eThe juiciest [book] of the year * COSMOPOLITAN *\u003cbr\u003e[A] terrifying, breakneck, hothouse, backstage tour of how magazines, news and views, and reputations are made and destroyed. [It] made me crave an anti-anxiety pill!\u003cbr\u003eWithin a couple of years she had turned it into the house magazine of a resurgent celebrity \u003ci\u003ebeau monde\u003c\/i\u003e and gained an untouchable star quality of her own. Her diaries recount this will to power with caustic drollery and dash * FINANCIAL TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eA great portrait of the greed, the glitter, the fatal superficiality of that decade . . . her witty skewerings are first-class * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eHigh, low, smart, sexy, Tina Brown's \u003ci\u003eThe Vanity Fair Diaries \u003c\/i\u003eis like the magazine she reinvented, a must-read for anyone interested in Hollywood, high society, and the movers and shakers of pop culture\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant portrait of New York in an age of shoulder-padded excess by a British editor who can pass as American, but never lost her merciless gift for a great story * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003e[A] fascinating memoir from a publishing legend * HELLO! *\u003cbr\u003eGripping, funny . . . [Brown's] enthusiasm for New York, and magazines, is infectious * THE ARTS DESK *\u003cbr\u003eAddictive * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vanity Fair Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e has a \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e-like feel: it's a chronicle of a lost age, before the internet, when 'to be the editor of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003ewas to be a demigod'.  Yeah, and to be Tina Brown was very heaven * LITERARY REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003eA journalism masterclass * NEW STATESMAN *\u003cbr\u003eFun and often funny * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eTina Brown, editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e during the 1980s, covers her time in Manhattan with wit and wisdom, as she unwraps the stories behind the famous covers and tells of how she fought her corner, raised a family and strove to make the magazine a success * SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE *\u003cbr\u003eEnthralling - and terrifying * OBSERVER *\u003cbr\u003eThe perfect stocking filler for any social x-ray who yearns to wallow in nostalgia.  But even students of our own time with find the prescience of Brown's observations a source of amusement. * 1843 ECONOMIST *\u003cbr\u003eShe makes you glad that someone was taking notes * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who was anyone in Eighties New York can be found in Brown's polished account of her time editing US magazine \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a page-turning hymn to a vanished media age * i *\u003cbr\u003eHer pen portraits of the denizens of the Manhattan zoo are invariably sharp, and sometimes caustic . . . compulsive reading * DAILY MAIL *","brand":"Tina Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979754615001,"sku":"9781399638081","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781399638081.jpg?v=1784470301","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-vanity-fair-diaries-the-magazine-that-defined-a-decade-1983-ai1992-9781399638081","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}