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Chris Dodd
OHP/16 · File · 28 November 2001
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Chris Dodd, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Nick Robinson on 28 November 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.20 Joined Manchester Guardian in 1965 after writing to the newspaper asking for work as a features writer
01.25 His first visit to the Cross Street Manchester office and his appointment
02.51 Interview took place in a pub
04.50 Friendly rivalry between London and Manchester
06.00 Design of teletypesetting
07.20 Remembers Mary Stott, the women's editor
08.50 Discusses the features department and the design of the features pages

11.25 Unconventional backgrounds of Guardian staff
13.30 A normal day at Cross Street
15.00 Receiving strange letters and sending them to the Manchester Evening News
15.45 No telephones in reporters offices
19.00 The move to London, the financial crisis and the possibility of a merger with the Times

21.00 The different atmosphere at London office
25.30 How the features department did their own cropping and selection of pictures

Track 2
00.00 Differences working under Peter Preston
01.27 Working in a production capacity
02.40 Working on the first fashion pages, which were the first colour pages

Track 3
00.00 The office pub routine
01.00 How his career developed. Became production editor of women's pages in 1970s
01.25 Redesign of the newspaper
02.24 Asked to redesign the sports pages
04.40 Became deputy sports editor
05.20 Resistance to changes to design of sports pages
06.55 Return to features department in 1980
07.40 Didn't consider himself to be a sports fan
09.40 Remembers working on features with Tim Radford

11.00 The move to Farringdon Road offices
12.00 Using bigger pictures in the paper
12.40 Staff loyalty to the newspaper
13.00 Troubles with the Times gave a boost to the Guardian
13.30 The demise of hot metal newspaper production

Track 4
00.00 The youngest sub editor on the newspaper
00.30 The division of duties between subs and printers
03.30 Printers becoming journalists
06.20 On the sounds and smells of the composing room

Track 5
00.08 Tradition of 'Banging people out' when they retired. Everybody rhythmically banging metal
00.50 The night that hot metal production stopped on Farringdon Road. Banging led by Tony, a jazz band member
01.20 Remembers the death of hot metal production. Paraded a coffin, led by a sax player. Grown men crying, was a very emotional night
01.40 The end of a career for many
02.30 Culture shock of changes to newspaper production
04.00 Women first working on the stone

Track 6
00.00 An incident involving lead being dropped into females handbag on the production floor. She was unable to lift handbag
00.37 Remembers Carol Dix, features subeditor

Track 7
00.05 In 1989 he took time off from Guardian to write book on the history of rowing
00.40 Had been working as the rowing correspondent since 1969
01.00 Return to newspaper. Remembers working on Guardian Europe
02.00 Attempts to start a rowing museum in Henley-on-Thams
02.14 Went freelance in 1984
02.50 Attended first Olypmics in 1984. Remembers first seeing seeing sportsman Steve Redgrave in 1980

Track 8
00.03 Reporting from the 2000 Sydney Olympics
00.45 Editor of Regatta magazine for 15 years
01.10 Popular interest in rowing inspired by Redgrave
03.18 Interest in rowing took over his life
03.40 Oustanding moments in his rowing coverage. Remembers race boat sinking
04.20 Remembers further rowing incidents

Track 9
00.03 Memories of the Guardian

Dodd; Christopher; journalist
Donald Wintersgill
OHP/102 · File · 2 June 2003
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Donald Wintersgill, subeditor for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 2 June 2003. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
01.10 Position at the Glasgow Evening Times and postgraduate study in journalism in America
02.10 Hired to work in Manchester, after 18 months moved to London
02.20 Interview with Eric Knotts for sub-editors position
02.40 Old fashioned nature of Manchester office and practices
06.30 Misprints in paper
07.30 Employee pay compared to other newspapers
08.50 Decision to move to London

10.00 Dichotomy at the newspaper with foreign news desk based in Manchester and home news based in London
10.00 Diffculty filling role of foreign news desk editor
11.45 Remembers Terrence Pretty, diplomatic correspondent in Bonn
13.40 Alastair Hetherington views on Vietnam war
15.00 Hetherington as editor
19.30 Backbench duties

22.50 Obituary of Evelyn Waugh
23.30 Limited resources available to the newspaper
25.00 Sale room contributions to the newspaper and negotiating rate of pay

Track 2
00.00 Peter Preston's editorship from 1975
04.40 Unrelenting work of sub-editors and air of unhappiness
06.15 Hetherington's divorce
09.00 *

Track 3
00.00 Vacancy for Labour correspondent filled by John Torrode over Bernard Ingham
02.20 Torrode's move to Daily Mail
02.45 Discussion about memorable colleagues including Jean Stead
05.15 Staff leaving including Terry Coleman and Peter Cole
06.00 Difference in employment between London and Manchester offices
06.30 Remembers Victor Jorges
08.30 Position in Syndication department from 1973
08.30 Arrival of electronic transmission resulted in material being syndicated worldwide
09.50 Teaching of journalism abroad for the Thompson Foundation

10.10 Authorship of Guardian Book of Antiques
11.45 Discussion about current books being written
13.20 Scottish readership and lack of coverage of Scottish subjects
14.40 *
16.00 *
16.45 Tim Radford moved to Science Editorship whilst Richard Gott took over Literary Editorship
17.10 Resignation of Richard Gott

Track 4
00.00 Remembers Cricket tours and refers to Frank Keating and Derek Malcolm

Track 5
00.00 Advertisement of Sotheby's reduced following article by Wintersgill
01.10 Reaction by Preston
01.30 Sotheby's reaction of articles in other publications

Track 6
00.00 Printing press in Isle of Dogs

Wintersgill; Donald (1934-2017); subeditor
OBS/6/9/2/6/R · Sub-series · c1950-c2000
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Radford, Tim (Staff)
Radiohead (Including sets by Murdo MacLeod)
Rados, Ivan
Rae, Dr John (Set by Jane Bown)
Raeburn, Anna (Including set by Jane Bown)
Rafferty, John (Staff)
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Raft, George (Set by Don McCullin)
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Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur (Chris Smith)
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Rendell, Ruth (Including set by Jane Bown)
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Richardson, John (Set by Jane Bown)
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Rickman, Alan
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Rix, Brian (Including set by Jane Bown)
Rix, Diana
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Robbins, Jerome
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Robb-Grillet, Alain
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Rogers, Nick (Staff)
Rogers, Peter
Rogers, Piers (Set by Jane Bown)
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Rollins, Sonny (Set by Allan Titmuss)
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Sir John Maddox
OHP/109 · File · 25 February 2004
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Sir John Maddox, science correspondent for the Guardian. Conducted by Tim Radford on 25 February 2004. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.12 Went to Manchester in 1949 to join the theoretical physics department at Manchester University
03.30 Experience teaching
04.30 Remembers teaching students who are now distinguished themselves
05.18 His first wife was having their second child. Salary was not enough to support family so applied to the Atomic Energy Authority
06.30 Resigned from university
06.50 Paddy Monkhouse asked him to join the Guardian. Worked as a science correspondent
07.58 Worked for three weeks over Christmas as he had not worked as a journalist before
08.25 Remembers his first articles

14.02 Began covering medicine and technology
18.24 Working in 'The Corridor'
18.24 Joined in Spring 1955 and first leader was on the death of Einstein at the end of April 1955.

21.03 Paid £1200 when he joined - one of the highest paid
21.25 Importance of science at this time - the start of the space race
21.30 November 1955 went to Leningrad sailed with the Navy on an aircraft carrier
21.30 Describes 'hair-raising' trip. Radioed copy from ship
27.20 Discussion of AP Wadsworth
28.17 Election in April 1956 - no room for science in the paper, appointed to do psephology on the election instead

30.00 Talks of old Guardian colleagues including Alastair Hetherington and Alastair Cooke
32.18 *
35.46 Moves to London office in the summer of Suez and was given a car
35.46 Describes the London office as 'a home from home, same kind of people'

42.55 Guardian line on expenses
44.20 Dawn of the space age

Track 2
00.01 Exchange system with the Washington Post for specialists
03.00 Work as freelance in Hong Kong
04.20 Returning from Washington
05.00 Talks abaout the British Association which he was not in favour of
07.50 Discusses his broadcasting career with BBC

Maddox; Sir; John Royden (1925-2009); editor, writer and broadcaster
Tim Radford
OHP/69 · File · 16 August 2001
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Tim Radford, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Paul Olive on 16 August 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00:20 Joined Guardian 1973
01.05 Paid £60 a week
02.20 First job as features sub-editor
04.18 IRA bomb scares in building shared with Sunday Times
05.30 Circulation figures low (around 250,000) in 1970s yet immensely popular
06.51 Difference in content between Manchester Guardian and southern edition
08.29 Anecdote about a picture of Princess Anne's engagement sent to Manchester Guardian

11.35 Anecdotes about working with Michael McNay
15.18 Peter Preston first editor to be chosen by the staff

20.26 Print Unions 'at their worst'
23.49 Foreign Editor Ian Wright
27.26 Very much a drinking culture especially at the Manchester Guardian

30.04 Covering trials with Cynthia Payne
33.41 First column on volcanoes, then approached by Preston to take over Science Pages
36.30 Made Deputy Features Editor
37.06 Michael Billington - very professional
39.13 Anecdote about Hope Wallace

41.53 Discusses Harriet Harman, Patricia Hewitt, Barry Norman, James Cameron
43.54 Poor Guardian pay.
48.14 Alan Rusbridger launches G2

51.55 San Seriff April fool - supplement about an imaginary country that became very popular
59.20 Managing Director Gerry Taylor starting an ad campaign to save paper

64.09 Sense of comedy working for the Guardian

Radford; Timothy Robin (1940-); journalist