UnPresidented
Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others

I admit that even though it was all happening on a different continent, thousands of miles away, I was pretty much hooked on events leading up to and during the 2020 United States presidential election. It made all UK elections look bland and boring by comparison and I have to say that there is alwa......more

I thought Unpresidented was excellent – and far more interesting and involving than I expected. It is in the form of extracts from Jon Sopel’s journal of the 2020 Presidential Election, starting about 18 months out and ending as Biden and Harris make their victory speeches. It is vivid, insightful a......more

Jon Sopel has been the BBC’s North America Editor since 2014. In this partly memoir-partly reportage book, he recounts the day to day journey of reporting the 2020 United States presidential election. The story begins in mid-2019 when it was still uncertain who will be chosen as the nominee for Demo......more

I looooove jon sopes but reading a book about a pandemic we just lived through when I’m also not particularly thriving mentally probably wasn’t the best pick for me at the mo Also maybe I’ll be a political journalist when I’m older who knows......more

This is a very well written account of the 2020 US Presidential race. Using a diary format makes it concise and pithy, with a welcome dollop of humour and some understandable incredulity on occasion. The book bears the hallmarks of famed BBC neutrality, so the bonkers statements, tweets and question......more