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1. April Revival - 1984

Tina arrives from England as Vanity Fair鈥檚 editor-in-chief. 1980s New York is all glitz and mean streets. Read by the author.

Tina Brown's time as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine from the mid-1980's to the early 90's.

Barely out of her 30s, she moved to New York to take over Conde Nast's ailing magazine, Vanity Fair.

The culture shock was big, with little time to get her April edition up and running.

Any good ideas?

Abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams.

Read by Tina Brown.

Producer: Duncan Minshull.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2017.

15 minutes

On radio

Mon 6 Jul 2026 08:30

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Reader Tina Brown
Author Tina Brown
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

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  • Mon 20 Nov 2017 13:45
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