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Files contain papers relating to the Bridge column and related Bridge topics, including correspondence, typescripts, and cuttings.

Correspondence mainly between Rixi Markus and Derek Senior many of which are personal in tone. Letters mainly refer to bridge articles submitted by Rixi Markus for publication with details about when she expected them to be published; corrections and amendments to be made to articles; request for copies of The Guardian from Rixi Markus's secretary; fees paid to Rixi Markus; sample articles submitted by Diana and Meir Gillon to be considered for position of Bridge Correspondent; and a skiing accident in which Rixi Markus broke her leg.

Correspondence received by Derek Senior relating to editorial matters and letters from fans of the Gardening feature.

Correspondence relating to the Bridge feature, articles by Rixi Markus, editorial matters, book publications, and rights to use Bridge articles by Rixi Markus.

Correspondence regarding the publication of a book about bridge written by Rixi Markus in collaboration with Derek Senior. Letters are between Peter Janson-Smith Literary Agency, Anthony Blond Limited, Derek Senior and Rixi Markus. Correspondence refers to the use of a literary agent, content of chapters and their titles, arrangements for meeting, details for contract and payment for delivery of completed typescript. Also, letter referring to typescript of a subsequent book in 1970.

Newspaper cuttings of the Gardening feature from the Guardian. Early features are anonymous or are accompanied by the initials of the correspondent. Later features give the correspondents name and include Derek Senior, Judith Berrisford, Moira Savonius, Peter Newton, Stanley Vince, EM May, Margery Fish, Jean Stowe, Val Arnold-Forster, Alan Mitchell, Michael Hyde, Sidney Clapham, Bennington Marsh, and Christopher Lloyd.

Cuttings mainly from The Guardian Bridge feature by Rixi Markus, but includes cuttings from various newspaper and magazine publications including Country Life, The Observer, Woman's Guardian, and The Times. Articles are by various authors including Terence Reese, Boris Schapiro, EPC Cotter, M Harrison-Gray, Albert H Morehead. Articles cover a range of subjects including Bridge games as well as wider Bridge issues including a dispute between Bridge players heard before the High Court, economic recovery and a piece on Rixi Markus.

Correspondence regarding editorial matters mainly related to Derek Senior's Gardening feature. Letters relate to cancellation of a feature on lawns; articles received to be published; publishing gardening features with appropriate advertisements; non-payment of fees for a contributor; accounting periods; schedule of dates and features; and changes to be made to the feature.

Leaflets, bulletins, and hand-written notes relating to Bridge events. Events include The European Bridge Championship Tournament, The World's Top Pair for Sunday Times Event, The Fifth Guardian Easter Brdige Tournament, Triangular Match at The Central Bridge Club, Didsbury, and events by the English Bridge Union. Some include notes by Rixi Markus to Derek Senior relating to publication of event in the newspaper.

Correspondence includes letters from fans of Derek Senior's gardening feature. Includes letters from Stephen Ferguson regarding Derek Senior's review of Ruth Stout's The No-Work Garden Book; and from Michael Hyde regarding Derek Senior's decision to give up editing the Gardening column.