This is the transcript of a speech given by Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, for the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture on November 22 2018 at City University, London. The lecture is given in memory of the prominent British journalist.
James Cameron was a master wordsmith, one of the finest foreign correspondents of his generation. It’s an honour to be invited to deliver this lecture in his name. I am only sorry my father is not here to enjoy the occasion.
Frank Barber worked with James Cameron at the News Chronicle, a thinly paged, principled newspaper of liberal persuasion owned by the Cadbury family. Frank was a fellow Africa hand. He knew and admired Cameron’s work in the field. Point of Departure occupied a place on a bookshelf in his bedroom.