Product Description

When Mark Frith was told to make "Heat" the next big women's weekly, he dived headlong into the insanity of the celebrity world, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Posh, Kylie and Jordan. Soon "Heat" had over two million avid readers, and was the UK's favourite source of gossip. Charting the explosion of "Big Brother", igniting the Size Zero debate and watching Britney's descent from sexpot to being sectioned, "Heat" was there for every major celebrity debate. Told in the irreverent style we've all come to know and love, "The Celeb Diaries" is Mark's incredible story of his life in the eye of the celeb storm.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91407 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
'A fun and feud-packed romp' --Sunday Times

'It's juicier than Leslie Ash's lips' --Gaydar Radio

Review
'Detailing the ins and outs of this very magazine, this is a compulsive read from heat's former guv'nor'

Review
'[a] history of the ephemeral culture of this decade through the eyes of the editor of its most irreverent magazine'

Customer Reviews

Pointless, uninspired, boring, badly written rubbish
This book is a major, major disappointment. Obviously edited backwards from what Frith considers the key issues from today's perspective and not a real diary at all, this is a collection of pointless anecdotes and tedious magazine politics told in a pre-school fashion.

He never misses an opportunity to tell us what a great guy/boss/boyfriend/employee/editor he is. Urgh!

Avoid like the plague.

Feels like it was written in a week
I like Mark Frith, I liked Heat and I didn't hate this. It's just rushed and all over the place. Juicy stories are breezed over. It's clear (and Mark admits it) that it's been heavily influenced by Piers Morgan's books. However Piers is a far better diarist. Mark should have spent more time writing a proper memoir and ignored the diary form. It just seems contrived and forced. It's a real shame because he is likeable and his stories first class.

Disappointing
Was really disappointed with this and expected some really juicy gossip! If you read Heat magazine on a regular basis it didn't really give any more of an incite into celebrities than the interviews done in the mag. Obviously styled on Piers Morgans book but nowhere close and not nearly aswell written. There is a certain arrogance with Mark Frith, that although Piers Morgan has in abundance is a little more tongue and cheek than Frith. He also fails to dish the dirt in the same way as Morgan does as obviously doesn't want to cut his ties with the 'celebrity world' whereas Morgan couldn't give two hoots. A let down.