Richard Ingrams

Hacks and robbers

Duncan Campbell's We'll All Be Murdered in Our Beds has plenty of scandal – and a nostalgic appeal

issue 18 June 2016

  • We’ll All Be Murdered In Our Beds!: The Shocking History of Crime Reporting in Britain

    Duncan Campbell

    Elliott & Thompson, pp. 272

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