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- 4 January 1993 - 21 December 1993 (Creation)
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2 files
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Personal correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young during 1993.
Includes correspondence from friends and colleagues, letters from family members including birthday cards from his daughters, letters from members of the public in response to his writing and letters from students asking for assistance with research.
Also includes professional letters concerning work and appointments, colleague comments on writing, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, and correspondence from publishers. Includes internal Guardian correspondence.
The papers include personal letters from:
Paddy Ashdown, about military action in Bosnia
Basil Cardinal Hume to Lucy Young, about their meeting
Lord Ackner, re amendments to the Ayslum Bill
Max Hastings, re telegraph writing on John Major and military intervention in Bosnia
There are also letters to comment on writing or discuss former appointments or arrange new ones, with:
Professor Bhiku Parekh
Richard Ryder
Maurice Frankel
Basil Cardinal Hume
Neil Kinnock
Jon Snow
Professor David Marquand
Roger Tomkys
David Hunt
Roy Jenkins
Michael Portillo
Anthony Teasdale
Tony Blair
Creator: DS/UK/122
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Personal letters may be closed in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- Ashdown; Paddy (1941-2018); politician (Subject)
- Hume; Basil (1923-1999); Archbishop of Westminster; Catholic priest (Subject)
- Ackner; Desmond James Conrad (1920-); Baron Ackner; judge (Subject)
- Hastings; Sir; Max Macdonald (1945-); writer, broadcaster and editor of the Daily Telegraph (Subject)
- Parekh; Bhiku Chhotalal (1935-); Baron Parekh of Kingston upon Hull; academic (Subject)
- Ryder; Richard Andrew (1949-); Baron Ryder of Wensum; politician (Subject)
- Frankel; Maurice; civil servant (Subject)
- Kinnock; Neil Gordon (1942-); politician (Subject)
- Snow; Jonathan George (1947-); television broadcaster, newsreader and journalist (Subject)
- Marquand; David Ian (1934-); journalist, politician and academic (Subject)
- Tomkys; Sir; William Roger (1937-); civil servant (Subject)
- Hunt; David James Fletcher (1942-); Baron Hunt of Wirral; politician (Subject)
- Jenkins; Roy Harris (1920-2003); Baron Jenkins of Hillhead; politician (Subject)
- Portillo; Michael Denzil Xavier (1953-); politician (Subject)
- Teasdale; Anthony Laurence (1957-); academic and political adviser (Subject)
- Blair; Anthony Charles Lynton (1953-); politician (Subject)
- Major; John (1943-); politician (Subject)