![]() But it would have to do.īack in Israel by mid-afternoon. ![]() All we saw were columns of tanks throwing up dust as they pressed on into the Lebanese mountains. Actually, that first day, it was a bit of a disappointment. It was to be my first taste of war-reporting. Derek tells us how his experience as a journalist helped shape his new book, Fayke Newes: the media vs the mighty from Henry VIII to Donald Trump, published on 2 July by The History Press.Īt five o’clock on the morning of 13th March 1978, with next to no sleep, my ITN film crew and I crossed the border north into Lebanon in the tracks of the invading Israeli army. He was ITN’s first Middle East correspondent and spent seven months in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. ![]() ![]() Before he was a writer and historian, Derek Taylor reported from some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. ![]()
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