Heroes and Villains

Donald Trelford is a British journalist and academic, who was editor and director of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993, and chief executive from 1992 to 1993. Heroes and Villains is an immensely readable collection of his most entertaining pieces and includes portraits of DH Lawrence, Imelda Marcos, Richard Nixon, Bertrand Russell, Rupert Murdoch, Princess Anne, David Gower, Jonah Lomu, Henry Cooper, Alex Higgins. Plus some less familiar to a modern audience: Dr. Banda, Gromyko, Beaverbrook, Len Hutton, Khashoggi, Cliff Morgan, David Astor, Tiny Rowland, Harold Evans, ...and many more.