I just wanted to have fun for myself - I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a magazine as a place to express my ideas. The Times column is a place for me to unload those perceptions.

As solace Brown suggested for him to keep a diary and his report (headlined Justice) proved the launch of the long magazine career of Dominick Dunne. Advertising topped 1440 pages in 1991 and with circulation revenues especially from profitable single copy sales at $20 million selling some 55 percent of copies on the newsstand well above the industry average sell through of 42 percent. Her friendship with Waugh served as a boost to her writing career as he used his influence to get attention drawn to her ability.

Tina Brown Lady Evans CBE (born Christina Hambley Brown; November 21 1953) is a journalist magazine editor columnist talk-show host and author of The Diana Chronicles a biography of Diana Princess of Wales. Brown currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of both publications.