He believes that correspondents are no longer the “aristocracy” of journalism
BARCELONA, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The journalist and writer Lluís Foix recalls in the book ‘An Angles Look’ (Column) his seven years as a correspondent in London in a journey in which he reflects on journalism and offers a portrait of English society in the period of the beginning of the ‘ Thatcherism ‘.
In a telematic press conference, Foix assured that in the book he wanted to “revive” the journalism that was done in those years, which was differently and with many nuances, and to bring the reader closer to his fascination for English society, very practical and with hidden blows.
The writing of the book has been influenced by Brexit, which the author has assured that he “dislodged” and caused the fascination for English society to be reduced a bit by not expecting the exit from the European Union.
Despite being considered an empire in decline, Foix has said that they have three things that keep them “strong”: the language and William Shakespeare, Parliament and the BBC, and has said that they are a society that has conservation in its DNA.
Through the book, sprinkled with anecdotes and curiosities, Foix reviews the end of the Labor government of Harold Wilson and the emergence of Margaret Thatcher, who “started a conservative current that has been maintained until now” influencing even Labor, the press of those years on Fleet Street, which was enviable, underlined, and influenced by British culture.
“TOTAL AUTONOMY”
Foix has assured that in the 70s and early 80s the correspondent had “total autonomy” and was a representation of the newspaper’s brand – in his case ‘La Vanguardia’ -, something that does not happen now, since currently they are called first thing in the morning with the content they have to explain and the lines they will have.
The author has assured that that way of going around the world as a journalist has radically changed, and has paraphrased Manu Leguineche when he assured that the journalist should write what he saw, because history would already be in charge of explaining what happened.
Asked about Brexit, he remarked that England is a class society, where very few make decisions and with “a bit of a superiority complex”, and where inequality is seen both in the neighborhoods and on the football fields.
When the elites’ discourse has been directed towards Brexit, they have used a “very ingrained discourse, which they have sold as an asset”, they have won and now, according to him, they do not know what to do and how it will go.
The editor Glòria Gasch has underlined that the book reflects on the journalist’s experiences in London, a combination of antiquity and modernity, in which to propose a “delightful walk” through English society.
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