Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Brook-Shepherd akabudiswa muchiuto muna 1948, akadzokera kuEngland, uye akawana basa neDaily Telegraph. Apo maKomonisiti akatora simba muCzechoslovakia mazuva mashomanene gare gare, Telegraph yakamudzorera nokukurumidza kuEurope. Akapedza nguva ari
akavharidzira Berlin, ipapo akadzokera kuVienna, muzinda webasa rokuongorora panguva iyoyo. Akatumirwa kumamishinari akawanda kunyika dzeEastern Bloc dzakavakidzana; kunyanya, akanga achishuma kubva kuBudapest panguva yeOctober 1956 Hungarian Uprising.