'An acute and fascinating record … Contributing his own often witty word-portraits of the dramatis personae, Vickers allows Beaton to come alive in his own era; and forces us to conclude that, for all his snobbery and insecurity, here was a man determined to savour his life, and satisfy his ever quizzical eye' – Philip Hoare - Times Literary Supplement October 2003 'Hugo Vickers has edited the diaries quite brilliantly, allotting more space to those characters - Chanel, Garbo, Picasso, Streisand, Jagger - who still ring a bell, and providing absorbing and often very comical footnotes for those who do not' – Craig Brown - The Mail on Sunday 30 November 2003 Hugo Vickers as editor has done the gossipy old poseur a genuine literary service, rubbing away the blue pencil and giving us the uncensored, wincing reality of Beaton's sharp observation, cutting contempt and the personal insecurity behind his driving personal and professional ambition. Like all wonderful diarists, Beaton is a good hater who spares himself least of all' – Iain Finlayson - Saga 3 December 2003 'Hugo Vickers has already rehabilitated the diaries that cover the last decade of Beaton's life; now he moves back to the five previous years, 1965-69. He has done an excellent job. His linking passages are informative and often enjoyably gossipy; his footnotes identifying the dramatis personae are admirably thorough' – Philip Ziegler - The Spectator 25 October 2003 'The unexpurgated diaries … offer witty, insightful and sometimes cruel portraits of a society in which the British class distinctions that had formed Beaton's life and fed his snobbery had broken down' – Suzy Menkes - International Herald Tribune November 2003 'This delightful volume … fizzes with gossip and a hilarious commentary on the boredom of celebrity. – Jackie Wullschlager - Financial Times October 2003 'Beaton's diaries are perhaps unique in offering such a double vision of the 1960s - of the rich and famous, young and old, viewed through a technician's lens' – Patrick O'Connor - Literary Review November 2003 'Vickers's immaculately racy account of the heyday and decline of Prince Youssapoff makes Beaton's account of the elderly Russian seem tame' – Miranda Seymour - Sunday Times 12 October 2003 'This book is among the most gruelling and sour things to find its way into print' – Phil Hall - New York Resident 8 November 2004 'Everyone who was anyone in the Swinging Sixties, and a fair few who weren't, are captured in this vibrant, pick'n'mix profile of a defining decade' – Mary Crockett - The Scotsman 13 November 2004 Beaton in the Sixties (ed)(2003) Hardback (UK) 2003 Hardback (US) 2004 Paperback (UK) 2004