The day the newsdesk left me high and dry
It’s 30 years since Simon Rushworth first dipped his toes into the world of media. In the second of his revealing weekly columns lifting the lid on a life in journalism, The QT’s Associate Editor remembers the time he was given 30 minutes’ notice to get on board HMS Newcastle and sail into the Tyne
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