Hard Truth

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  • ISBN 9781035434329
  • Dimensions: 156 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Stephen Sackur is one of the most respected news journalists in the country. For nearly 20 years, as the lead presenter of the BBC's HARDtalk, he deployed a fearless, forensic style of questioning as the programme's inquisitor-in-chief. In Hard Truth he issues a rallying cry for the vital and continuing role of investigative journalism in holding the powerful to account.

From Daniel Ellsberg's exposé of the Pentagon papers to Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption fight in Russia - via the shocking murder of Daphne Caruana who took on systemic corruption in Malta - Hard Truth highlights ten dramatic cases when brave journalists told truth to power, sometimes paying the ultimate price.

In a world turned toxic by disinformation, where lies are weaponised and the truth is targeted, independent journalists are increasingly on the frontline of the fight to save democracy. Hard Truth demonstrates that it is a fight that can still be won.

Stephen Sackur joined the BBC as a graduate trainee and spent many years as a foreign correspondent, covering the 1989 revolutions and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the first Gulf War. He was based in Cairo from 1992 to 1995, and in Jerusalem from 1995 to 1997. He then moved to Washington where he covered the 2000 election. He presented HARDtalk from 2005 to the final episode in March 2025. In June 2025 Stephen joined Times Radio as a regular presenter of The Times at One.

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