Testimonials
"Mackenzie's memoirs are up there with the best, not least because they are well written in an easy style and well edited (not always a given) and, always a bonus, the book is not just about racing.Sub-titled The Memoir of a Fleet Street veteran, if nothing else Mackenzie's book should be part of a syllabus for would-be journalists, sport or otherwise." Marcus Armytage, The Daily Telegraph.
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"Colin is a fantastic journalist who got fantastic stories. His book is a real page turner. His Fallon story (following the Old Bailey trial in 2007) was an amazing piece of work which Colin is very modest about." David Yates, The Daily Mirror.
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"Fleet Street legend Colin Mackenzie, the reporter who found Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, has written a very entertaining memoir about his life in journalism. Fascinating and funny, with some great stories. Highly Recommend." Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain.
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"As a former inky-fingered hack, I'm greatly enjoying Pressing My Luck, Memoir of a Fleet Street veteran. The book, out now, is by legendary journlist Colin Mackenzie, who tracked down Ronnie Biggs in a story voted one of the top ten of all time. It is jam-packed with colourful anecdotes conjuring up an exciting, sweaty Fleet Street that sadly no longer exists. For years, Colin, a lover of horse racing, rubbed shoulders with the Queen and the Queen Mother and got to know them in a way most never could, and it's a fascinating insight." Lorraine Kelly, The Sun.
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"Colin Mackenzie used Lockdown very productively to pen his entertaining memoir Pressing My Luck. Colin's recall of events is quite extraordinary even when unearthing a titbit about Prince Charle's O-level results. There are plenty of juicy tales from the turf from a well-conncted man. Well worth considering as a gift for the racing man," Mike Cattermole, sportinglife.com.
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"Looks like it's going to be a long, dfark Covid winter so plenty of time for reading. Just finished Colin Mackenzie's terrific memoir Pressing My Luck, a great read about life and exclusives in the glory days of Fleet Street, both racing and non-racing," Cornelius Lysaght, BBC Radio Five Live racing correspondent.
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"Fleet Street veteran Colin Mackenzie has written a riveting memoir of his 44 years in journalism, covering everything from interviewing Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth Taylor and former US President Richard Nixon, to when he was a racing correspondent, rubbing shoulders with The Queen and the Queen Mother" Emily Horan, Hello Magazine.
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"I warmly recommend this book to you all!" Olly Smith, TV presenter and host of the Media Lunch Club.
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"All things considered, it was one hell of a scoop, voted one of the ten greatest Fleet Street exclusives ever - as Colin Mackenzie shyly reminds us a couple of times in this rollicking, rumbunctious memoir. The whole saga - and many like it - is joyously told in this engaging portrait of a pre-digital, now vanished, Fleet Street. Journalists' memoirs are rarely War and Peace, but this is a tremendous story of a life enjoyed, a race well run, often hilarious, always engaging" Roger Alton, Daily Mail.