The Vanity Fair Diaries (Omnibus)

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Laurel Lefkow

Maya Jasanoff

Katrin Williams

Duncan Minshull

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown (Omnibus)

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The Vanity Fair Diaries

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown (Omnibus)

Tina Brown recalls her time as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine from 1983 to 1992.

Tina Brown recalls her time as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine from 1983 to 1992. How did she first start out there?

Tina Brown's fascinating and intimate chronicle of her time as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine from 1983 to 1992.

Barely out of her 30s, she moved to New York to take over Conde Nast's ailing magazine. The culture shock was huge, but she triumphantly reinvents it. 

Highlights include a 1985 cover shot of President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy which wowed readers. How did she manage it? 

The failing marriage of  Charles and Di story provides plenty of material - while pregnant and naked Demi Moore front cover shot by Annie Leibovitz caused a storm. Discover the story behind this famous image. 

And all the while there's office intrigue in the higher echelons of Conde Nast. How did Tina survive these challenges and then exploit them? 

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams

Read by Tina Brown

Producer: Duncan Minshull.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2017.

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