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Press cuttings relating to Alan Rusbridger. Includes an article from the Evening Standard from September 1994 discussing the Observer and AR's possible takeover as editor. Also included is a clipping from a letter from Andrew Marr published in the Private Eye discussing the Observer and its editor Jonathan Fenby. Also included is a press cutting of AR discussing sales figures and reader competition in the UK Press Gazette.

A number of earlier clippings are also included such an article from December 1988 on AR's appointment as editor of the Weekend Guardian.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Notes and correspondence between Peter Preston, Jonathan Fenby, editors of British national newspapers and the Ministry of Defence concerning press access to the British military presence in the Gulf, August - October 1990; Saudi Arabia visas for correspondents, February 1991 and the revision of arrangements for the reporting of British service and civilian casualties, January 1993.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Signed minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of Guardian Newspapers Limited from 31 July 1989 - 26 April 1994. Meetings were held at 119 Farringdon Road. From June 1993 onwards includes minutes relating to both the Guardian and the Observer. Not indexed.

Present or attending the meetings are (in order of appearance): PJ Preston; JC Markwick; CA Marland; F Platt; CBG Baker; PJ Naismith; IS Ashcroft; HJ Roche; IW Wright; DIA Brook; J Fenby; DH Owen; F Morris.

Regular items discussed at the meetings include newspaper sales/circulation; advertisement sales; production; the company's financial position and budget; editorial and board appointments and resignations; promotions/marketing; strategy and development; negotiations with NUJ.

Other items discussed include (with year of first recording):
proposed purchase of inserting equipment (1989); appointment of attorneys in Spain in respect of proposed purchase of shares in Unidad Editorial, SA (1989); cover price increase (1990); reorganisation of Guardian and Manchester Evening News (GMEN) (1990); Education Guardian launch (1990); Guardian representative of the board of El Mundo (1990); colour printing (1990); policies for recession (1991); 'New developments' including changes to Saturday paper, expansion of Guardian Weekly into South Africa, increased investment in Fourth Estate, (1992); Weekend Guardian (1992); establishment of new IT department (1992); change of daily second section to tabloid formats (G2) (1992); GMEN's purchase of Observer and issues arrising from the acquisition (1993); Guardian trusteeship of London Student Radio (1994).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Files of prints of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Faber, George
Faber, Toby
Fabian, Francoise
Fabius, Laurent
Fabre, Jan
Fadil, Saddigel
Fagan, Debbie
Fagan, Larry
Fagg, Christine
Faggioni, Piero
Fainberg, Victor (By Jane Bown)
Fainlight, Ruth
Fairbairn, Nicholas
Fairbairns, Zoe (By Jane Bown)
Fairbanks, Douglas
Fairchild, William
Fairfax, John
Fairground Attraction
Fairhall, David (Staff)
Fairhall, John (Staff)
Fairhurst, Austin
Fairlie, John (Staff)
Fairouz
Fairweather, Digby
Faith, Adam
Faith No More
Faithful, Simon
Faithfull, Marianne (Including sets by Don McCullin & Peter Johns)
Falaise, Nina (By Jane Bown)
Fallo, Louis (By Neil Libbert)
Falconer, Bonnie
Falkender, Baroness
Fall, The
Fallali, Oriana
Fallon, Michael
Falls, Robert
Falwell, Jerry
Fame, Georgie (Sets by Eamonn McCabe & Allan Titmuss)
Fanfani, Amintore
Fanshawe, David
Fanshawe, Simon
Fanthorpe, Reverend Lionel
Fanthorpe, U A
Fantoni, Barry (By Jane Bown & Chris Smith)
Fanu, Sir Michael
Faqih, Saad
Faraday, Dr Ann
Farah, Nuruddin
Farantouri, Maria
Farasani, Simon
Farhat, Naimat (By Jane Bown)
Faress, Souad
Fargas, Antonio ('Huggy Bear')
Farhi, Nicole (By Eamonn McCabe)
Farley, Paul (By Jane Bown)
Farman, Joseph
Farmelo, Dr Graham
Farmer, Philippe
Farmer, Tom (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fardon, Boy
Farr, John
Farrell, Charles
Farrell, J G
Farrell, Nicholas
Farrell, Terry****
Farrelly, Bros
Farren, Joy & Michael
Farrington, Baroness Josie **
Farrow, Mia (Including set of Mia Farrow and Peter Ustinov by Jane Bown)
Farson, Dan (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fassbaender, Brigitte
Fassett, Kaffe
Fassie, Brenda
Fast, Howard
Fatchett, Derek
Faulkner, Brian

Box 2:
Faulkner, Eric
Faulkner, Noel
Faulkner, Trader
Faulks, Sebastian
Faure, Edgar
Fawcett, Anthony
Fawcett, Charles,
Fawcett-Majors, Farah (By Tony McGrath)
Fawcett, Sir James
Fawcett, Robert
Fawkes, Sandy (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fawkes, Wally (By Jane Bown, Tony McGrath and John Hodder)
Fay, Gerad (Staff)
Fay, Monique
Fayed, Mohammed Al
Fazan, Eleanor
Fearoni, Ray (By Jane Bown)
Feast, Michael
Feather, Victor
Feather, Mr Yankel
Feaver, William (Staff)
Fedotov, Viktor
Feibusch, Hans
Feiffer, Jules (Including illustration by Jules Feiffer)
Feifer, Tanya
Feigal, Marcel
Feigin, Leo
Feinstein, Elaine
Feldman, Marty (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Feldman, Sally
Fenley, Molissa
Fenn-Smith, Clive
Fenton, James
Fenton, John
Fenton, Norman
Fenton, Rose De Wend
Fenwick, Kate (By Jane Bown)
Fenwick, Millicent
Ferguson, Harry (Set by Jane Bown)
Ferguson, Howard
Ferguson, Major (By Jane Bown)
Ferlinghetti, Lance (By Don McCullin and Stuart Heydinger)
Fernandes, George
Fernandez, Pedro
Fernandez, Wilhelmenia
Ferneyhough, Brain
Ferragamo, Salvatore (All agency - one with Adrey Hepburn)
Ferrante, Frank
Ferrara, Abel
Ferrer, Austin (By Jane Bown)
Ferrer, Jose (Inclluding set by Jane Bown)
Ferrer, Mel (By Eric Wandsworth)
Ferri, Alessandra
Ferriman, Annabella (Staff)
Ferris, Paul (Staff)
Ferry, Bryan
Fettes, Christopher
Ferangcon-Davies, Gwen
Ffrench-Beytach, Rev Gonville
Fiander, Graham

Box 3:
Fiddes, Christopher
Fiddick, Peter (Staff)
Field, Ann
Field, Catherine (Staff)
Field, Frank
Field, Helen
Field, John
Field, Lesley
Field, Shirley Anne
Fielhouse, Sir John
Fielding, Amanda
Fielding, David
Fielding, Emma
Fielding, Fenella (By Jane Bown, Don Morely & Neil Libbert)
Fielding, Harold
Fields, Gracie
Fields, Randolph
Fields, Terry
Fiennes, Gerald
Fiennes, Jini
Fiennes, Joseph
Fiennes, Ralph (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph (Including set by Jane Bown)
Figes, Eva (Including set by Jane Bown)
Figes, Kate
Figgis, Mike (Including set by Jane Bown)
Filipovic, Zlata
Finch, Jon
Finch, Nigel
Finch, Peter
Findlater, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Findley, Timothy
Fine, Anne
Finer, Leslie (London Observer Correspondent)
Fink, Margaret
Finkelstein, Danny
Finlay, Frank
Finlay, Jane
Finlayson, Alex
Finn, Alex
Finnbogadottir, Vigdis
Finnegan, Seamus
Finney, Pat
Finnisey, Michael (Set by Jane Bown)
Finney, Albert (Including set by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark and Marilyn Stafford)
Finniston, Sir Monty
Finnsson, Arni
Finsberg, Geoffrey
Firbank, Jand
Firbank, Ann
Firman, Bert
Firnberg, David
Firsova, Elena
Firth, Howard
First, Ruth (By Colin Jones)
Firth, Colin
Firth, Peter (By Jane Bown)

Box 4:
Fischer, Bobby (By Tony McGrath and Agency)
Fischer, Regina
Fischer, Tibor
Fischer, Zelda (By Jane Bown)
Fischer-Dieskau, Detrich
Fish, Michael
Fish, Michael
Fishburn, Dudley
Fisher, Dr (Archbishop of Canterbury) (By Michael Peto and Jane Bown)
Fisher, Alan
Fisher, Angela
Fisher, Anthony
Fisher, Bob (Staff)
Fisher, Carrie
Fisher, Dick
Fisher, Doris
Fisher, Dorothea
Fisher, Florence
Fisher, Gillian
Fisher, Gregor
Fisher, Ivan
Fisher, Judy (By Eamonn McCabe)
Fisher, June
Fisher, Lord (By Jane Bown)
Fisher, Martin
Fisher, Michael
Fisher, Mick
Felix, Julie
Fell, Robert
Feltus, Barbara
Feltz, Vanessa
Fenby, Eric
Fenby, Jonathan (Observer editor)
Ffrangcon Davies, Gwen
Fisher, Ruth (Staff)
Fiske, Alison (By Jane Bown)
Fiske, Lord (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fitt, Gerard
Fitzgerald, Charles
Fitzgerald, Ella (Including set by Jane Bown and David Sim)
Fitzgerald, Dr Garrett
Fitzgerald, Penelope (By Jane Bown)
Fitzgibbon, Constantine
Fitzpatrick, Jane
Fitzpatrick, John (Terence Higgins Trust)
Fitzpatrick, Paul (Staff)
Fitzsimmonds, Sheila (Staff)
Fiztsimmons, Angela (By Jane Bown)
Fitzsimon, Lorna
Fitzwilliams, Richard (By Eamonn McCabe and Gary Weazer)
Flach, Elizabeth
Flamma Sherman
Flanagan, Barry
Flanagan, Bud (Including set by Jane Bown)
Flanders, Michael
Flannery, Martin
Flannery, Peter
Flashman, Stan (By Jane Bown)
Flather, Baroness Shreela
Flava Fall
Fleet, Simon (Staff)
Fleetwood, David
Fleetwood, Susan
Fleetwood Mac
Fleischer, Richard
Fleming, Sir Alexander (Including Image by Karsh)
Fleming, Anne
Fleming, David
Fleming, Ian (Including set by Colin Jones)
Fleming, Jacky
Flesch, Colete
Fletcher, Alex
Fletcher, Bill

Box 5:
Fletcher, Ian
Fletcher, Jan
Fletcher, Leslie (By Nobby Clark)
Flett, Kathryn (Observer writer)
Flicker, Theodore J
Flier, Jaap
Flinders, Evelyn
Flint, Julie
Flockhart, Calista
Flood, Mick
Florakis, Harilaos
Florescu, Dr Rady
Flory, Sheldon
Flounders, Councillor Eric
Flowers, Angela
Flowers, Lord
Flowers, Mike
Floyd, John
Flynn, Laurie
Flynn, Paul ***
Fo, Dario
Foden, Giles (Staff)
Fodor, Eugene
Fogarty, Mary
Foges, Wolfgang
Fokine, Yuri
Foley, Charles (Staff)
Foley, Maurice
Foley, Maurice (Including illustration by Les Gibbard)
Follett, Barbara
Follett, Ken (Including set by Jane Bown)
Folley, Ellen
Follows, Dennis (By Don McCullin)
Fonda, Bridget
Fonda, Henry
Fonda, Jane
Fonfe, William Z (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fontana, Bill
Fonteyn, Margot (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fonteyn, Tibor (Sets by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert)
Fookes, Janet
Foot, Dingle (Including sets by Jane Bown and Colin Jones)
Foot, Jill (Wife of Michael)
Foot, Michael (1984)
Foot, Michael (1983)
Foot, Michael (Up to 1982)

Box 6:
Foot, Michael (General) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Foot, Oliver
Foot, Paul
Foot, Sarah
Forbes, Sir Archibald
Forbes, Bryan (Including set by Jane Bown)
Forbes, Deidre
Forbes, Leslie
Forbes, Malcom S
Forbes, Peter
Ford, Anna (Including set by Jane Bown)
Ford, Betty (By Frank Martin)
Ford, Chris (Staff)
Ford, Colin
Ford, David
Ford, Gerald
Ford, Henry (Including image by Karsh)
Ford, Martha
Ford, Mick
Ford, Peter
Ford, Peter (Observer correspondent)
Ford, Richard
Ford, Sir Sidney
Fordham, John
Fordham, Dr Michael
Forman, Freddie
Fores, Michael
Forester, Anthony Weld
Forgan, Liz
Forman, Sir Dennis (Set by Jane Bown)
Forman, Milos
Forrest, William
Forster, E M (Including sets by Cecil Beaton and Jane Bown, and agencies)
Forster, Margaret
Forster, Mark Arnold (Staff)
Forster, Robert
Forsyth, Bill
Forsyth, Bruce
Forsyth, Frederick (Including set by Jane Bown)
Forsyth, Michael
Fort, Matthew (Staff)
Forte, Lord Charles (Including sets by; Jane Bown, David Newell Smith, Bryn Campbell, Eamonn McCabe, Philip Janes Griffiths, Sue Adler, Robin Lawrence, Kenneth Saunders and Gary weazer)
Forte, Rocco (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fortenski, Larry
Forth, Eric (Set by Jane Bown)
Fortune, John
Foss, Lukas
Foster, Barry
Foster, Chris
Foster, Derek
Foster, Don
Foster, Dudley (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Foster, Giles
Foster, Jodoie (as an adolescent by Robin Lawrence)

Box 7:
Foster, John (Gen Sec NUJ)
Foster, Julia (Inlcuding sets by Nobby Clark, Colin Jones, Jane Bown, Tony McGrath and Bryn Campbell)
Foster, Lawrence
Foster, Mike
Foster, Norman (Including set by Jane Bown)
Foster, Peter
Foster, Roy (Set by Jane Bown)
Foulds, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Foulkes, Frank (Set by Don McCullin)
Fountain, Alain
Fountain, Nigel (Staff)
Fountaine, Andrew (BNP) (Sets by Don McCullin and Tony McGrath)
Fouquel, Thierry
Fourmaintraux, Pierre
Fowle, Fred (By Nobby Clark)
Fowler, Connie May
Fowler, Henry
Fowler, Norman (Including sets by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert)
Fowles, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fowles, John
Fox, Angela (Set by Jane Bown)
Fox, Chris
Fox, Edward (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Figgy Fox (Rock Group)
Fox, Sir Murray (Lord Mayor of London)
Fox, Harry
Fox, James (Including sets by Jane Bown and Frank Martin)
Fox, Marcus
Fox, Paul (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fox, Philip (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Fox, Robert
Fox, Roger
Fox, Samantha (Set by Jane Bown)
Foxley-Norris, Sir Christopher (Set by Jane Bown)
Foyle, Mr (of Foyles)
Fraade, Richard & Robert (Set by Jane Bown)
Frame, Roddy
Frame, Ronald
Frances, Mother
Franceschi, Antonia (Set by Jane Bown)
Francis, Dick
Francis, Freddie
Francis, Mac
Francis, Tish
Francke, Lizzie
Franco, General (Set by Michael Peto and agency)
Francois, Claude
Frank, Melvin
Frank, Otto (Father of Anne)
Frankel, Gerald
Frankenburg, Charis Ursula
Frankenheimer, John
Frankland, Mark (Staff)
Franklin, Carl
Franklin, Douglas
Franklyn, William
Franks, Lord
Franks, Lynne
Franz, Denis
Fraser, Bill
Fraser, Sir Campbell (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Flora, Author
Fraser, 'Mad' Frankie
Fraser, George Macdonald
Fraser, Gilly (Set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Honor

Box 8:
Fraser, Helen
Fraser, Sir Hugh (Icluding set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Jean
Fraser, John (MP)
Fraser, John (Designer)
Fraser, Lady Antonia (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Lord (By Nobby Clark)
Fraser, Malcolm
Fraser, Matthew
Fraser, Sir Robert (Set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Robert
Fraser, Ronald
Fraser, Simon (Including set by Jane Bown)
Frater, Alex (Staff)
Frankl, Clare
Frankland, Mark (Staff)
Frayan, Michael (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Keen and Colin Jones)
Frazier, Charles
Frears, Stephen
Frederick, Lynne
Freedland, Michael*
Freedman, Edward
Freedman, Chico
Freedman, Max (Staff)
Freeling, Nicholas
Freely, Maureen (Including set by Jane Bown)
Freeman, Alan
Freeman, David (Including set by Jane Bown)
Freeman, John
Freeman, Morgan
Freeman, Roger
Freeman, Ron
Freemantle, Brian
Freer, Mike
Freeson, reg
Freeth, Sir Gordon
Freeth, Martin
Frei, Eduardo
French, Albert (Set by Jane Bown)
French, Dawn (Including set by Jane Bown)
French, Marilyn
French, Philip (Set by Jane Bown)
French, Sean
French, Sid (By Nobby Clark)
French & Saunders
French, Vera
Frescabaldi, Baroness
Fretton, Tony
Freud, Bella
Freud, Clement (Including sets by Peter Keen and Jane Bown)
Freud, Emma
Freud, Esther (Including set by Jane Bown)
Freud, Lucian (Including set by Jane Bown and Cecil Beaton)
Fricke, Heinz
Friday, Nancy (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fried, Erich (Set by Jane Bown)
Friedan, Betty
Friedman, Kinky
Friedman, Maria
Friedman, Milton
Friedman, Yona

Box 9:
Friedrich, Gotz
Friel, Anna
Friel, Bryan (One neg included)
Friel, George
Friend, Bob
Friend, Rodney
Fries, Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Frings, Cardinal J (By Karsh)
Frink, Elizabeth (Including set by Jane Bown and Ian Berry(Magnum))
Frisby, Terence
Frisch, Max
Frisell, Bill
Frith, Michael (Set by Jane Bown)
Frommer, Arthur
Front, Rebecca (Set by Jane Bown)
Frost, David (Including set by Don McCullin)
Frost, Robert (Including image by Karsh)
Frost, Sadie (Set by Jane Bown)
Frostrup, Mariella
Froud, Jonathan
Frow, Ben
Frow, Ruth & Edmond
Fry, Christopher (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fry, Martin
Fry, Peter
Fry, Richard (Staff)
Fry, Stephen (Including set by Jane Bown)
Fryer, Angela
Fryer, Judith
Fuchs, Sir Vivian
Fuente, Carlos
Fugard, Athol (Including set by Jane Bown, Sue Adler and David Newell Smith)
Fuji, Mieko (By Frank Martin)
Fujii, Nichidatsu
Fujuimori, Alberto
Fulani, Dr Leonora
Fuller, Emily
Fuller, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Fuller, Richard
Fuller, Roy (By Peter Johns and one image by Angus McBean)
Fuller, Sam
Fullerton, Fiona
Fun Loving Criminals
Funke, Cornelia (Set by Jane Bown)
Furbank, Prof P N (Set by Jane Bown)
Furlong, Monica
Furly, Lady Ran
Furman, James (By Andrew Testa)
Fussell, Paul
Fyfield, Frances (Set by Jane Bown)
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

Files of negatives of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Fahd, King (brother of)
Fairbairn, George
Fairlie, George (set by David Newell Smith)
Fairhurst, Austin
Fairtlough, Gerald
Fairweather, Dr Chris
Faith, Adam (marriage to Jackie Irving) (including set by Jane Bown)
Faldo, Nick
Falls, Sheila
Falter, Michael
Falkender, Lady (including set by Tony McGrath)
Fanthorpe, UA
Fantoni, Barry
Faraday, Michael (Basement on Exhibit at Royal Institution)
Faraldi, Caryll
Faraldo, Claude
Faringdon, Lord
Farisani, Simon (Dean of Venda)
Farmer, Leslie
Farmiloe, Sally (set by Tony McGrath)
Farndon, Roy
Farr, Mrs K (set by Sally Soames)
Farr, Tommy (set by David Newell Smith)
Farrow, Rose
Fashanu, Justin
Fast, Howard
Faucetta, Linda
Faulkner, Brian (set by Tony McGrath)
Faulkner, Eric (set by Tony McGrath)
Fawcett Majors, Farrah (set by Tony McGrath)
Fawkes, Sandy (set by Jane Bown)
Fawkes, Wally (cartoonist) (including sets by Jane Bown & Tony McGrath)
Feast, Michael (set by David Newell Smith)
Feather, Vic (including sets by Neil Libbert and David Newell Smith)
Featherstone, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Feaver, William
Fearn, Roger
Feiffer, Jules
Feiffer, Tanya & Grisha (set by Tony McGrath)

Box 2:
Felker, Jim
Felix, Julie (including set by David Newell Smith)
Fenby, Eric (conductor) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Fenby, Jonathan
Fender, Percy (PGH) (cricketer)
Fenn-Smith, Clive
Fenwick, Steve
Ferguson, Joan (set by David Newell Smith)
Ferguson, Jock (John)
Ferguson, John
Ferguson, Pat (staff) (set by Neil Libbert)
Ferguson, Valerie (staff)
Ferlinghetti, Lance
Fernald, Karen
Fernandes, Filomena
Fernandes, George (set by Tony McGrath)
Fernandez, Pedro (set by Tony McGrath)
Fernando, Professor
Ferranti, Sebastian de
Ferriman, Annabel (staff)
Ferris, Paul (staff)
Fertleman, Leonard & Barnett (set by David Newell Smith)
Fetherston-Dilke, Tim (coastguard)
Ffrench-Beytagh, Gonville (including set by David Newell Smith)
Field, Frank
Fielding, Harold
Fields, Gracie
Fields, Randolph
Fiennes, Gerald
Figes, Eva (including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)

Box 3:
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph (set by Tony McGrath)
Fiennes, Lady Virginia
Fildew, John
Finch, John
Findlater, Richard (staff) (including set by Jane Bown)
Fini, Max
Finklestein, Danny
Finlay, Frank
Finlay, Ian (set by Tony McGrath)
Finlay, Sue
Finnegan, Tom
Finney, Albert (including sets by Tony McGrath and David Newell Smith)
Finney, Tom
Finniston, Monty (including set by Neil Libbert)
Firbank, Professor (set by Jane Bown)
Firbank, Jane
Firman, Brian
First, Ruth
Fischer, Bram
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Fisher, Alan (set by Neil Libbert)
Fisher, Anthony (set by Tony McGrath)
Fisher, Diane (set by Tony McGrath)
Fisher, Dick
Fisher, Geoffrey (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Fisher, Judy
Fisher, Mandy
Fisher, Monica
Fisher, Ukon Bud (set by Tony McGrath)
Fisk, Trevor (set by Tony McGrath)
Fiske, Lord (Sir William)
Fitt, Gerard (set by Tony McGrath)
Fitton, James

Box 4:
Fitzalan-Howard, Lord Mark
Fitzgerald, Ciaran
Fitzgerald, Garrett
Fitzpatrich, Gerald
Fitzpatrick, John
Fitzsimons, Carmel
Fitzsimmons, Ken (set by Neil Libbert)
Fitzwilliams, Duncan
Fitzwilliam, Lord & Lady (set by David Newell Smith)
Flamma Sherman (set by David Newell Smith)
Flanagan, Barry (sculptor)
Flannery, Brian
Flatley, Andrew
Flavell, Dr Dick
Fleet, Ken
Fleetwood, Susan (set by Tony McGrath)
Fleischmann, Terrence
Fleming, Ian
Fleming, Joe (chairman of Darjeeling Holdings) (set by David Newell Smith)
Fleming, John
Fletcher, Alexander
Fletcher, Bill (including set by David Newell Smith)
Fletcher, Neil
Fletcher, Keith
Fletcher, Paul
Flett, Mr (set by Tony McGrath)
Flight, Howard
Floor, Michael
Florent, Emile (set by Neil Libbert)
Florescu, Mrs
Florid, Dan
Flouch, John (set by Tony McGrath)
Flower, Sir D
Flower, Cathy
Floyd, Joe
Floyd, Terence (set by Neil Libbert)
Foden, David & Bill
Foden, Peter
Fok, Pat (set by Tony McGrath)

Box 5:
Foley, Charles (staff)
Foley, Ellen (set by Tony McGrath)
Folley, Zora (boxer)
Fonda, Jane
Fonteyn, Margot (set by David Newell Smith)
Foot, Dingle
Foot, Geoffrey
Foot, Michael (including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Forbes, Sir Archibald (Midland Bank) (set by David Newell Smith)
Forbes, Bryan (set by David Newell Smith)
Forbes-Leith, Sir Andrew
Ford, Ann
Ford, Philip
Fordyce, DS (Anderton Forco Industries)
Foreman, Philip (set by David Newell Smith)
Forester, Anthony Weld (Sotherby's)
Forester, Arnold
Forrest, Bret (marriage to Pamela Douglas) (set by Tony McGrath)
Forrest, William (set by Tony McGrath)
Forsberg, Gerald
Forsey, Anthony
Forster, Peter (contributor)
Forsyth, Susan
Fort, Jean (headmistress Roedean)
Fort, Lord
Forte, Sir Charles (including set by David Newell Smith)
Forte, Rocco
Fortnum & Mason, Messrs (set by David Newell Smith)
Foster (rugby)
Foster, Brendan (athlete)
Foster, Reverend Ivan
Foster, John
Foster, Julia (including set by Tony McGrath)
Foster, ND (set by Tony McGrath)
Foster, Neil (wedding)
Fowler, Alan (set by Neil Libbert)
Foy, Teresa

Box 6:
Fowler, Suzanne
Fox, Jim
Fox, Sir Lionel
Fox, Paul
Fox, Phillip J
Foxall, Arthur (set by Tony McGrath)
Fraiman, Peter (set by Neil Libbert)
Francis, Lord
Francis, Reverend
Francis, Bob
Francis, Claire
Francis, Gerry (set by Neil Libbert)
Francis, Trevor
Frankl, Clare
Frankland, Mark (staff) (including set by Jane Bown)
Franklin, Aretha (including set by David Newell Smith)
Franklin, Harold
Franklin, John
Franks, Lord (including set by David Newell Smith)
Franks, Lynne (set by Tony McGrath)
Franks, Maurice (set by David Newell Smith)
Franks, Michael
Franks & Gyves (shoemakers) (set by Jane Bown)
Fraser, Antonia
Fraser, Sir Campbell
Fraser, David
Fraser, Sir Hugh (including set by David Newell Smith)
Fraser, Ian

Box 7:
Fraser, Lord
Fraser, Roy
Fraser, Sandy
Fraser, William (set by David Newell Smith)
Frater, Alex
Frayn, Michael (staff) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Frazer, Alison
Frazer, Adrian
Frazier, Joe
Frederika, Queen
Freedberg, Hugh
Freedman, Alan (set by Tony McGrath)
Forum Magazine staff (set by Neil Libbert)
Freely, Maureen
Freeman, Bill
Freeman, John (New Stateman editor) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Freeman, Gillian
Freeman, Nicholas (set by Neil Libbert)
Freeman, Rob (set by David Newell Smith)
Freeson, Reg
Freitas, Michael de (Michael X) (including set by Neil Libbert)
French, Jack & Roy
Frenkel, Dr Benno (set by David Newell Smith)
Freud Family[contact prints only]
Frewen, Justin
Frey, Jack (set by Tony McGrath)
Friedan, Betty
Freidland, Sidney
Friedman, Milton (including set by David Newell Smith)
Friedman, Dr Theodore

Box 8:
Friedrich, Gotz (including set by Tony McGrath)
Friel, Brian
Frink, Elizabeth (including sets by Jane Bown and David Newell Smith)
Frisby, Mis (chairman of New Eltham Young Conservatives)
Frisching, Arthur de (set by Tony McGrath)
Frodsham, Anthony (including set by Tony McGrath)
Frost, David
Frost, Gerald
Fry, Jeremy (set by David Newell Smith)
Fry, Peter (Tory candidate) (set by Neil Libbert)
Fry, Roy (jockey)
Frye, Jack (including set by David Newell Smith)
Fudge, Paula & Rachel
Fukushima, Alex
Fullalove, [Albert] (set by David Newell Smith)
Fuller, Professor Buckminster (set by David Newell Smith)
Fuller, David (set by David Newell Smith)
Fullerton, Fiona (set by Tony McGrath)
Funnel, Evan (set by Tony McGrath)
Furtado, Celso
Futcher, Paul & Ron
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

Promotional film for The Observer made in the wake of the paper winning the 1993 'What the Papers Say' Newspaper of the Year award.

Contains footage of the interior of the Observer offices at Farringdon Road and newspaper staff at work. Also includes a clip of the television programme Breakfast with Frost and a shot of the award itself.

Interviews with staff include: Emily Bell (business reporter); Polly Ghazi (environment correspondent); John Price (deputy editor); Michael Smith (business editor); Jonathan Fenby (editor); and a remote interview with Shyam Bhata (Middle East correspondent).

Topics covered in the interviews include: re-establishing the newspaper's credibility; notable news stories; the takeover by the Guardian; what it's like to work for the Observer; the future of the paper; their coverage of the takeover of the Independent; the quality of the newspaper; and the winning of the award.

Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds. Starts at 22 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
Creator: Shelton Fleming Associates Ltd

Segment from the 'What the Papers Say' awards ceremony held in April 1994 when the Observer won the 1993 award for Newspaper of the Year. Includes a feature on the recent purchase of the Observer by the Guardian.

The award is introduced by an un-named on-stage presenter, with an additional voiceover narrating the video feature on the Observer that is shown to the awards ceremony audience.

Contains footage of: example frontpages and headlines from the newspaper; the ceremony audience; and editor Jonathan Fenby collecting the award on stage.

Topics covered in the feature on the Observer include: staff changes during the takeover; notable news stories covered by the paper; and a brief history of the paper.

Duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds. Starts at 10 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Interview with Alan Watkins, journalist for the Observer. Conducted by Jo Pugh on 23 November 2001.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.25 Started work at the Observer in 1976, after previously working at the New Statesman and the Spectator
01.04 Discussions with Donald Trelford and John Cole before joining the Observer
02.00 Worked on the political column and political news sections
02.50 Began work in the Times building, St Andrews Hil, London
03.30 Effect of move from Tudor Street offices
04.00 The working week at the Observer
05.30 Introduction of 'intermedia techonology' in 1980s
06.10 Women working at the Observer. Remembers Katharine Whitehorn, Miriam Gross and other female colleagues
06.55 Friendly with Terry Kilmartin, the inventor of the broadsheet literary page
07.29 David Astor left the Observer before he arrived
08.20 Moved to Battersea offices in 1988
08.30 His involvement in the libel case with Michael Meacher MP

11.35 *
19.15 Discussion of staff including Trelford and Tony Howard
19.36 *
19.45 Had worked with Howard at the New Statesmen

20.12*
21.01 Never became a newspaper editor
21.39 Discussion of newspaper trade unions
22.15 Discussion of Battersea offices
23.40 Changes at the Observer during this period
25.10 Poor quality of pubs in Battersea
25.55 Observer bought by the Guardian in 1993
25.59 Began work at the Independent on Sunday after 17 years service at the Observer
26.30 Leaving the Observer
27.20 Discussion of pay
27.35 Succession of Jonathan Fenby as editor of the Observer
28.20 Continues discussion of pay rises
29.00 *

30.20 Accepted role at the Independent
31.15 Leaving the Observer
37.20 *

41.05 Reputation of the Observer constrasted with the Guardian
41.30 Contrasting the Guardian and the Times
43.05 Love affair between Colin Welch and Kate Wharton, wife of Michael Wharton, who wrote for the Telegraph under the pseudonym Peter Simple
43.56 What he thinks of the Observer today
44.30 Relations between Andrew Rawnsley and Andrew Jaspen