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Crisis What Crisis?

97. Dylan Jones on a violent childhood, recovery from rape and life shaping headlines

Sep 16, 2024
01:04:51
Dylan Jones is a true titan of the world of media … someone who has helped shape the cultural landscape of the UK for the last four decades.  
A lad from High Wycombe who rose to become one of the best connected and sharpest operators here and in the US … along the way editing GQ magazine 22-year years, writing or editing over 25 books and picking up a cabinet full of awards including an OBE.  He is now Editor in Chief of London’s Evening Standard.  
Dylan’s latest book – his memoir These Foolish Things, tells the story of this successful, glamourous life in rich detail, but is also a moving, revealing story of success in spite of a number of deeply personal crises.   Dylan’s childhood was blighted by physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his ex-RAF officer father – beatings that left him with a stammer and scars you don’t see.  Having escaped to seek freedom and a life in London, Dylan – as a 17-year-old – was raped.  
Throughout this courageous and, at times difficult, conversation, Dylan’s resilience and, as he puts it, ‘very particular’ approach to crisis shines through.  

Links   
Dylan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DylanJones/?hl=en-gb  

Charities
Hoffman process: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/about-the-process/
Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/find-a-centre/  

Books
These Foolish Things (2024): https://www.amazon.co.uk/These-Foolish-Things-Dylan-Jones/dp/1408719851  

Stream/buy ‘Allies’ by Some Velvet Morning: https://ampl.ink/qp6bm   
Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk      
Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OX9XgJufFz9g63o2Dv2i5?si=b2f9397c92084682    

This podcast is brought to you by Crisis What Crisis? Productions and Coulson Partners
Host – Andy Coulson   
CWC team: Jane Sankey, Louise Difford, Mabel Pickering
With special thanks to Ioana Barbu and the brilliant people at Global      

For all PR and guest approaches please contact – podcast@coulsonpartners.com

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