Quintin Jardine

Quintin Jardine was a journalist before joining the Government Information Service where he spent nine years as an advisor to Ministers and Civil Servants. Later he moved into political PR, until in 1986 he 'privatised' himself, to become an independent public relations consultant and writer....

Panic was etched on the face of the clown on the unicyle. Even through the happy smile make-up, it registered as he struggled to regain his balance, rocking frantically backwards and forwards on his unsteady perch. His arms flailed, and for a second it seemed certain that he was gone, but with a...

Brian Mackie's attention wandered as the advocate sorted through his papers, looking for a misplaced note. Court Eleven, in Edinburghi old Parliament House, was a small, unprepossessing room, with drab brown-panelled walls and varnished wooden benches which had not been designed with spectator...