As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cover to cover and dreamed of becoming a journalist.
In his deeply personal bestselling memoir, he tells how his family history has influenced his view of the world, introducing us to his Windrush generation parents, a great grandfather who helped build the Panama Canal, and a great-uncle who fought in the First World War and later became a prominent Jamaican police detective.
He reflects on how being black has affected his perspective on the issues that he’s encountered in his thirty years reporting. He tells of his pride in his roots, but his determination not to be defined by his background in dealing with the challenges of race and class to succeed at the highest level.