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“... for him, afterwards, a new life which would put him out of Mossad’s reach. Deputy Editor Ivan Fallon admits in this book that he and his colleagues were ‘naive’. But naivety was not all. Fallon goes on: ‘To Israel, Vanunu was a traitor, and we took no view on it. We didn’t feel very easy that ...”

“... Among phrases that stay in the mind, a chairman of Rolls-Royce saying: ‘We don’t make cars, we’re not part of the motor industry. We’re in the toy business, making toys for big boys.’ John DeLorean intended to do the same: to build a sports car of polished steel for, as he put it, ‘the horny bachelor who’s made it’. But the toy market is demanding and capricious and the car failed to please ...”

“... Sunday afternoon the Arts Editor John Whitley phones me at home. The Sunday Times Deputy Editor, Ivan Fallon, has given the Literary department a bit of a shake-up. The new Literary Editor is Penny Perrick, not hitherto known for her expertise in this field. The new Deputy Literary Editor (I had assumed it was still my job) is Nigella Lawson. I am to be ...”

“... to change. As early as page 110 the phrase ‘macho-management’ suddenly emerges to confuse us. Ivan Fallon, Neil’s deputy, who is described as a ‘gentle soul’, observes Murdoch rushing round the corridors of Wapping, yelling at everyone to ‘get the fucking newspaper out’ and concludes nervously: ‘that man inspires by fear.’ Chapter ...”

“... in favour of a relatively inexperienced newcomer to the paper, Melvyn Marckus, a protégé of Ivan Fallon, formerly Business Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and now Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times. Rowland thinks well of Fallon. One editorial appointment over which the editor reluctantly gave way to ...”

“... Harrods takeover, the same story – give or take a crumpet – was still solidly intact. Ivan Fallon in the Sunday Times wrote of the al-Fayeds’ ‘disdain for the nouveaux-riches of the Arab world’. The al-Fayeds had ‘delicately pointed out that their family lived in some luxury when even the Saudi royal family lived in tents in the ...”

“... And there is one thing more: ‘We will employ experts to reinstate the name of Mr Alexander Fallon on the plaque, previously identified as unnamed victim.’ Fires, rail crashes, bombs and blitzes: the mainline stations, unconsciously, have become our museums of melancholy. With the passage of time, monuments lose their original function, of giving ...”