How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Humor Essays

Author: Toby Young

In 1995, high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan – Alistair Cooke, Tina Brown, Anna Wintour – so why couldn’t he? Surely it would only be a matter of time before the Big Apple was in the palm of his hand…..Read More

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