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Includes correspondence from and concerning Ingham in his role as Press Secretary of 10 Downing Street

Subjects covered: new heads of intelligence agencies, Lord Mountbatten's funeral, complaints about articles and breach of embargo, accreditation and travel arrangements for journalists to accompany the Prime Minister on oversea trips, complaint about an article published about him in the Observer.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

Correspondence regarding invitations to have a'Conversation' with Kenneth Harris to appear on the front of the Observer's Review section.

Correspondents include: Henry Cecil, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, John Harvey-Jones, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Bernard Ingham, Nigel Lawson, Robert Maxwell, Margaret Thatcher, Rt.Hon Bernard Weatherill.

Also includes: the edited text of the conversation between Prince Philip and Kenneth Harris.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

2Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1986.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 5 January 1986
Barney Hayhoe, 5 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 5 January 1986
John Biffen, 12 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 12 January 1986
Douglas Hurd, 14 January 1986
Chris Patten, 26 January 1986
John Biffen, 26 January 1986
'BI' 27 January 1986
William Whitelaw, 28 January 1986

Ian Gilmour, 2 February 1986
Francis Pym, 2 February 1986
Michael Mates, 2 February 1986
Simon Jenkins, 6 February 1986
John Cunningham, 19 February 1986
Bernard Ingham, 20 February 1986*
William Waldegrave, 24 February 1986
Chris Patten, 25 February 1986

Geoffrey Howe, 11 March 1986
David Steel, 19 March 1986

Roy Hattersley, 10 April 1986*

Norman St John Stevas, 13 May 1986
Francis Pym, 20 May 1986
David Howell, 21 May 1986

John Burgh, 2 June 1986
Ian Gilmour, 25 June 1986

[John] Wakeham, 1 July 1986
Kenneth Baker, 14 July 1986
Peter Shore, 15 July 1986
Peter Middleton, 21 July 1986*
Patricia Hewitt, 23 July 1986
Bob Worcester, 23 July 1986
William Waldegrave, 29 July 1986

Bernard Donoughue, 28 August 1986

Tim Bell, 8 September 1986*

Cecil Parkinson, 9 October 1986*

Chris Patten, 9 November 1986
John Biffen, 10 November 1986
Article from The Listener Magazine about 'The art of dressing as a prime minister', 20 November 1986
Peter Middleton, 26 November 1986*

William Waldegrave, 10 December 1986

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Government education policy
Forthcoming general election
The Westland affair and subsequent resignations
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
Europe
Political situation in Ireland
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1987.

The conversations are with the following people:

George Walsh, 6 January 1987
Patrick Mayhew, 21 January 1987

John Moore, 10 February 1987
John Patten, 11 February 1987
Bernard Ingham, 16 February 1987*
Bryan Gould, 16 February 1987

William Whitelaw, 16 March 1987
Renee Short, 23 March 1987
Lynda Chalker, 23 March 1987
David Owen, 24 March 1987
Tim Bell, 24 March 1987*
M Rutherford, 30 March 1987

Richard Holme, 28 April 1987

Roy Hattersley, 5 May 1987
Cecil Parkinson, 7 May 1987
John Biffen, 13 May 1987
Des Wilson, 14 May 1987
Cecil Parkinson, 31 May 1987*

List of 'Election words' from press conferences, containing direct quotes from MPs made during the election campaign, 11 May-10 June

Tim Bell, 6 June 1987*

Chris Beauman, to discuss the history of the steel strike 1979-80 for 'work on Heath',18 July 1987
Chris Patten, to discuss the history of the General Election, October 1974 for 'book', 20 July 1987
Chris Patten, 20 July 1987
Cecil Parkinson, 21 July 1987
John Biffen, 21 July 1987
Transcript of television interview by Russell Harty with Margaret Thatcher, as she lists her 'favourite things', 23 July 1987
Brian Griffiths, 23 July 1987
William Waldegrave, 27 July 1987

'Thoughts on David Owen', 7 August 1987

Roy Hattersley, 7 September 1987*

Douglas Hurd, 27 October 1987

Chris Patten, 16 November 1987
Cecil Parkinson, 17 November 1987*

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

General Election 1987
Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Government Education policy
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Labour party policy
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
The Poll Tax
AIDS epidemic
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
History of the Steel strike 1979-80
History of the General Election, October 1974
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1990.

The conversations are with the following people:

[R Cork] 2 January 1990
Neil Kinnock, 18 January 1990
'JC' 'early January' 1990

Bernard Ingham, 26 February 1990*

Michael Heseltine, 13 March 1990
Brian Griffiths, 14 March 1990*
Douglas Hurd, 29 March 1990

Cecil Parkinson, 14 May 1990*

Gordon Brown, 6 June 1990
Roger Tomkys, 7 June 1990
Geoffrey Howe, 12 June 1990
Chris Patten, 25 June 1990

[Helmut] Kohl, 30 August 1990

Roger Tomkys, 10 September 1990
Michael Howard, 18 September 1990

Chris Patten, 7 October 1990
Douglas Hurd, 8 October 1990

Alan Clark, 4 November 1990
Michael Mates, 4 November 1990
'CFP' 24 November 1990

Notes on the resignation of Margaret Thatcher, 4 December 1990

Notes, undated

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Resignation of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
The forthcoming General Election
Government foreign policy
The economy
The Poll Tax
Europe
Iraq invasion of Kuwait
Hong Kong
South Africa
Creator: DS/UK/122

Letters and copy letters mostly offering articles for publication or making complaints.

Includes references to a collaboration with Newsnight, January-July 1982; calculations of swing for the byelection results, March 1983; The Polytechnic of North London for the Guardian to trial online information systems, October 1985-February 1987; correspondence with Kenneth Newman following the publication of a critical article on the police, April-May 1987; correspondence with Andrew Neil about a legal matter, August 1987; Honours list embargoes, August 1988 and an InterNation conference on investigative journalism, August 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole

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

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals from 1982-1988.
These were used as research when writing his book 'One of Us'.

The conversations are with the following people:

Norman Tebbit, 11 June 1982

Norman Tebbit, 25 November 1982

Norman Tebbit, 26 April 1983

William Waldegrave, 3 November 1983
Willie Whitelaw, 3 November 1983

John Biffen, 7 February 1984

Lord Vaizey, 1 March 1984

John Biffen, 13 June 1984

Francis Pym, 10 July 1984

Chris Patten, 14 May 1985
John Biffen, 15 May 1985
Francis Pym, 16 May 1985
John Biffen, 20 May 1985

John Biffen, 30 June 1985

Willie Whitelaw, 2 July 1985
Chris Patten, 31 July 1985

John Biffen, 5 November 1985
Norman Tebbit, 12 November 1985

Edward Heath, 11 March 1986

John Biffen, 29 April 1986

Cecil Parkinson, 21 May 1986*

Douglas Hurd, 29 July 1986

Cecil Parkinson, 15 December 1986*

Bernard Ingham, 28 March 1988*
Creator: DS/UK/122