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- 12 May 1979 - 6 January 1985 (Creation)
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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals from 1979-1985.
These were used as research when writing his book 'One of Us'.
The conversations are with the following people:
Tim Lankester, 12 May 1979
Chris Patten, 15 May 1979
Jim Prior, 5 June 1979
John Biffen, 12 June 1979
Francis Pym, 19 June 1979
Chris Patten, 28 June 1979
Chris Patten, 6 September 1979
Jim Prior, 11 September 1979
Adam Ridley, 20 September 1979
Douglas Hurd, 28 September 1979
Peter Walker, 5 October 1979
Willie Whitelaw, 24 October 1979
Ian Gilmour, 1 November 1979
Douglas Wass, 7 November 1979
John Hoskyns, 7 November 1979
Ian Gilmour, 9 November 1979
Norman St John Stevas, 14 November 1979
Chris Patten, 20 November 1979
Jim Prior, 7 December 1979
John Biffen, 13 December 1979
Jim Prior, 8 February 1980
Geoffrey Howe, 15 February 1980
Bernard Ingham, 20 February 1980*
Grey Gowrie, 27 February 1980
Norman St John Stevas, 4 March 1980
'Relevant extracts from my notes of conversations', March 1980
Peter Walker, 9 March 1980
Michael Jones, 2 May 1980
Peter Walker, 15 May 1980
Christopher Soames, 16 May 1980
John Hoskyns, 22 May 1980
Ian Gilmour, 31 May 1980
John Biffen, 31 May 1980
Ian Gilmour, 5 June 1980
Chris Patten, 1 July 1980
Margaret Thatcher, 9 July 1980
Ian Gilmour, 11 September 1980
Notes, 11-12 September 1980
Brian Macarthur, 17 September 1980
Norman St John Stevas, 8 October 1980
John Biffen, 31 October 1980
John Hoskyns, 21 November 1980
Willie Whitelaw, 9 December 1980
Michael Heseltine, 11 December 1980
'For Norma Percy' 4 January 1981
Jim Prior, 6 January 1981
'MJ' January 1981
Grey Gowrie, 20 February 1981 (off the record)
Jim Prior, 4 March 1981
Jim Prior, 11 March 1981
Margaret Thatcher, 15 May 1981 (Private and confidential/off the record)
John Biffen, 19 May 1981
Leon Brittan, 23 June 1981
Francis Pym, 7 July 1981
Douglas Hurd, 14 July 1981
John Hunt, 8 October 1981
Jim Prior, 28 October 1981
Michael Jones, 30 October 1981
David Howell, 19 November 1981
Chris Patten, 26 November 1981
Willie Whitelaw, 7 December 1981
Roy Hattersley, 18 March 1981*
Peter Shore, 4 June 1981
Roy Hattersley, 24 September 1981*
Roy Jenkins, 20 January 1982
William Rodgers, 23 February 1982
Denis Healey, 31 March 1982
Tony Benn, 29 July 1982
David Owen, 17 November 1982
Denis Healey, 26 November 1982
John Smith, 20 January 1983
Roy Hattersley, 17 February 1983*
Peter Shore, 23 February 1983
David Steel, 27 April 1983
Peter Middleton, 7 July 1983*
Alan Walters, 6 January 1985
Creator: DS/UK/122
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- Lankester; Sir; Timothy Patrick (1942-); civil servant (Subject)
- Patten; Christopher Francis (1944-); Baron Patten of Barnes; politician (Subject)
- Prior; James Michael Leathes (1927-2016); Baron Prior; politician (Subject)
- Biffen; Lord; William John (1930-2007); Baron of Tanat in the County of Shropshire; politician and [Guardian contributor] (Subject)
- Pym; Lord; Francis Leslie (1922-2008); Baron of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire; politician (Subject)
- Ridley; Sir; Adam Nicholas (1942-); economist (Subject)
- Hurd; Douglas Richard (1930 -); politician (Subject)
- Walker; Lord; Peter Edward (1932-); Lord Walker of Worcester, Baron of Abbots Morton in the County of Hereford and Worcester; politician (Subject)
- Whitelaw; William Stephen Ian (1918-1999); Viscount; politician (Subject)
- Gilmour; Sir; Ian Hedworth John Little (1926-2007); 3rd Bt., Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar; politician (Subject)
- Wass; Sir; Douglas William Gretton (1923-); civil servant (Subject)
- Hoskyns; Sir; John Austin Hungerford Leigh (1927-); civil servant (Subject)
- St John-Stevas; Norman Anthony Francis (1929-2012); Lord St John of Fawsley; politician (Subject)
- Howe; Sir; Richard Edward Geoffrey (1926-2015); Baron Howe of Aberavon; politician (Subject)
- Ingham; Sir; Bernard (1932-); knight, journalist and civil servant (Subject)
- Ruthven; Alexander Patrick Greysteil (1939-); 2nd Earl of Gowrie; politician (Subject)
- Jones; Michael; journalist (Subject)
- Soames; Arthur Christopher John (1920-1987); Baron; politician (Subject)
- Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925-2013); Baroness; politician (Subject)
- MacArthur; Brian (1940-2019); journalist (Subject)
- Heseltine; Michael Ray Dibdin (1933-); Baron of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire; politician (Subject)
- Brittan; Leon (1939-2015); Baron Brittan of Spennithorne; politician (Subject)
- Hunt; Sir; John Leonard (1929-); politician (Subject)
- Howell; Lord; David Arthur Russell (1936-); Baron of Penton Mewsey in the County of Hampshire; politician (Subject)
- Hattersley; Roy Sydney George (1932-2026); politician and writer (Subject)
- Jenkins; Roy Harris (1920-2003); Baron Jenkins of Hillhead; politician (Subject)
- Rodgers; William Thomas (1928 -); Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank; politician (Subject)
- Healey; Denis Winston (1917-2015); Baron of Riddlesden in the County of West Yorkshire; politician (Subject)
- Benn; Anthony Neil Wedgwood (1925-2014); politician (Subject)
- Owen; David Anthony Llewellyn (1938-); Baron Owen; statesman (Subject)
- Smith; John (1938-1994); politician (Subject)
- Shore; Peter David (1924-2001); Baron Shore of Stepney; politician (Subject)
- Steel; David Martin Scott (1938-); Baron Steel of Aikwood; politician (Subject)
- Middleton; Sir; Peter Edward (1934-); civil servant (Subject)
- Walters; Sir; Alan Arthur; economist (Subject)