JHB/1/5/2/367
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20 September 1966
Part of The Jane Bown Collection
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OHP/100
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8 August 2001
Part of Oral history project
Interview with Katharine Whitehorn, columnist for the Observer. Conducted by Sarah Ryle on 8 August 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording and notes made by Sarah Ryle.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Disc 1:
Track 1
00.20 Introduction
01.00 Introduction of a women's page at the Observer
02.00 Offered role whilst working at the Spectator on her own column. Initially turned down role.
02.35 Took up role of fashion writer
02.50 Had previously covered Paris fashion week for Picture Post
03.20 Decision to change direction of fashion section
04.50 Success of fashion section with readers
05.00 Upset of advertisers over her writing
05.40 *
06.25 Remembers Anne Scott James at the Daily Express
06.55 Strength of women's writing
08.20 Legacy of George Seddon
08.35 *
10.50 Older figures at the Observer
10.58 Remembers Terry Kilmartin's book reviews
11.25 Interest in reader traffic figures
11.30 Remembers departure of Women's editor, Beryl McAlhone
13.20 The Observer the first paper to go into sections
13.35 The Observer 'Daylight' section
14.10 Climate of intellectual discussion at the Observer
14.50 Lack of hierarchy and access to David Astor
17.00 Incident when writing economic coverage
17.59 *
18.30 Felt the personal intruded on the professional
19.30 Newspapers editors as managers
19.45 Remembers Tristan Jones
20.10 *
20.49 Husband, Gavin Lyall, working at the Sunday Times in 1960s
21.15 Lyall offered work at the Observer
21.30 Differences between the Observer and the Sunday Times
22.45 Discussion of Donald Trelford
23.44 Remembers Kenneth Obank and his determination to print Nikita Khruschev's speech denouncing Joseph Stalin
25.00 Departure of Astor
25.39 Grammar in the newspaper
26.35 How the Guardian viewed the Observer
26.44 Drinking at the Observer
27.30 Use of hotels and taxis when covering news stories
28.30 Astor years and uniqueness of the Observer at this time
29.10 Stand against self censorship
29.48 Simon Jenkins on self censorship whilst editor at the Times
30.00 Remembers Seddon
30.30 Brief stint in editing
31.15 Invited editors wives to lunch to measure their views of the women's page
33.45 Decision to stop working on the fashion column
34.20 Began her own general column
35.00 The history of women's journalism
36.00 Opinions on lifestyle columns
38.45 Felicity Green and the feminisation of Fleet Street
39.20 The place of women's pages in newspapers today
40.00 How women's pages dealt with personal effects of news
42.00 How she wanted to change fashion coverage to make it personal
43.00 Fashion today
Track 2
Test
Disc 2:
Track 1
00.25 Personalities at the Observer including Kate Trelford
02.00 Donald Trelford's relationship with Kate Trelford
04.00 Disapproval of city pages
05.25 Invited to dinner with Trelford and Lajos Lederer
07.10 *
07.55 Trelford's effect on the newspaper
08.30 Trelford's visit to Rhodesia
09.40 Failure of the midweek edition
10.10 Strength of the women's pages
10.35 Non-news features considered less important
11.15 Strength of the Guardian weekend magazine
11.35 Importance of women's input
15.00 The working week at a weekend newspaper
16.20 Takeover by the Guardian and its effect on the structure of the working week
16.40 Remembers Patrick O'Donovan and John Gale
17.40 John Naughton taking over Clive James as television critic
18.00 Her and Naughton leaving the newspaper
19.00 Dislike of actions of Jocelyn Targett
20.20 Opinion of Edie Riley on valedictory article headline
20.45 Response of Will Hutton to appointment of Roger Alton as editor
21.40 Joining Saga magazine after leaving the Observer
22.30 Observer circulation and the approach of Targett
24.00 Need for the Observer to stand by its core values
25.40 Visit to China with Margaret Thatcher
27.20 The future of the Observer
28.30 Remembers the ideas of Adrian Hamilton
29.00 The Observer as the contrary voice
29.40 The Observer stand against the private finance initiative
30.05 Socialising with Observer staff
31.20 Leaving parties including Gritta Weil leaving
32.15 Attempts of Anthony Howard to maintain the standards of the newspaper
32.40 Working from home
OBS/6/9/3/2/G
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Sub-series
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c1959-c1991
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper
Files of negatives of the following individuals:
Box 1:
Galo, Naum (sculptor)
Gabriel, Peter
Gabriella (milliner)
Gacon, Jean
Gaddafi, Mrs
Gailani, Seyed Ahmad
Gaitskell, Hugh
Galbraith, JK [John Kenneth] (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gale, Alan
Gale, Dick (staff)
Gale, George
Gale, John (staff) (including set by Jane Bown)
Galil, Amac
Galitz, Laurence
Box 2:
Gallagher, Mr (set by David Newell Smith)
Galvin, Daniel (set by Tony McGrath)
Galway, James (set by Jane Bown)
Gamble, Edward
Gamble, Laura (Observer Expo 70 competition winner)
Gandhi, Indira (including images of lying in state) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Gandhi, Rajiv
Ganley, Len
Garcke, Kenneth
Gardham, Derek
Gardiner, Robert (set by David Newell Smith)
Gardiner, Stephen (staff) (set by Tony McGrath)
Gardner, Christine & Eddie (set by David Newell Smith)
Gardner-Thorpe, Lieutenant Colonel Gardner-Thorpe
Garland, Judy (set by David Newell Smith)
Garland, Madge
Gartland, Tony
Garmoyle, Lord (set by Tony McGrath)
Garner, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Garner, Errol (set by David Newell Smith)
Garner, Joel
Garner, Lawrence
Garner, Sir Saville
Garnett, Angelica
Garnett, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Garnett, Henry (set by David Newell Smith)
Garrad, Leslie (set by Tony McGrath)
Garrett, Bob
Garry, Charlene (set by Jane Bown)
Garwood, Dennis (set by David Newell Smith)
Box 3:
Gaskill, William (including set by Jane Bown
Gaskin, John
Gass, Lady Elizabeth
Gassman, Michael (Zeta magazine)
Gasyonga II, Charles (Omugabe of Ankole)
Gatacher, EV (Madame Tussaud's)
Gatacre, Teresa
Gates, Bill
Gatward, Alan
Gau, John (film maker) (set by Jane Bown)
Gaughan, Michael (set by David Newell Smith)
Gauguin, Paul
Gaulle, Charles de
Gault, John
Gaultier, Jean-Paul
Gavin, Glenn (set by Neil Libbert)
Gay, Russell (set by Neil Libbert)
Gaynor, Carol
Gazmuri, Jaime (set by Tony McGrath)
Geddes, Ford (including set by Tony McGrath)
Gee, Mr (Intra Bank)
Geers, Bob (set by Tony McGrath)
Geesink, Anton (judo)
Geest, Mr (banana importer)
Geest, Leonard & John van (Geest Industries)
Geldof, Bob
Gellhorn, Martha
Gemayel, Bechir
Gemayel, Pierre
Gems, Paul
Genefke, Inge Kemp
General Election 1985
Gentle Power of Song (choral group at Caius College, Cambridge)
Box 4:
George, Charlie
George, Colin
George, David Lloyd (tomb)
George, Dr William (set by David Newell Smith)
Georgiadis, Nicholas
Geraghty, Sean (set by Neil Libbert)
Gerhardi, William
Gertler, Willie (set by David Newell Smith)
Geyer, Vicki
Gharbaoui, Dorothy (set by Tony McGrath)
Ghent, Marian
Giacometti, [Alberto]
Gibb, Andrew & Rosemary
Gibb, Bill
Gibbings, Peter (set by David Newell Smith)
Gibbons, Sunny
Gibbs, Gladys
Gibbs, Somerset (set by Tony McGrath)
Gibbs, Stephen
Gibson, Andrew
Gibson, Arthur
Gibson, Dr Ashton
Gibson, Ben
Gibson, John (set by Neil Libbert)
Gibson, Kinnie
Gibson, Peter
Gibson, Richard
Gibson, Roy
Gielen, Michael
Gielgud, Sir John (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gifford, J (jockey)
Gifford, Macer (horse racing)
Gilbert, Gill (London marathon)
Gilbert, Dr John (set by Jane Bown)
Gilbert, Martin (set by Tony McGrath)
Gilbert, Peter (set by Neil Libbert)
Gildert, Tommy
Gilchrist, Tom
Box 5:
Giles, Jack
Giles, Johnny
Giles, Mark St
Gilks, Gillian
Gill, Barry (set by Adam Scott 23 March 1987)
Gills, Graham E (Merrill Lynch)
Gillette, Neil
Gilli, Kathryn
Gilliam, Terry (set by David Newell Smith)
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillirand, Chris & John
Gilmore, Ian
Gilmore, Rosalind
Gilson, Anne
Giniliani, Rudolph
Ginsberg, Alan
Ginzton, Dr (set by Tony McGrath)
Girolami, Paul
Gish, Lillian (set by Jane Bown)
Gladwyn, Lord (set by Neil Libbert)
Glanville, Bryan (set by Tony McGrath)
Glasgow, David
Glatman, Leslie
Glaudemans, Evert
Glean, Marion
Gleeson, Teddy
Glen, John
Glendenning, Victoria (set by Tony McGrath)
Glickman, Gabriel (set by Jane Bown)
Glover, Helen
Glover, Jeffrey
Gluck, Malcolm
Glyn, Caroline
Glynn, Maurice
Goad, Mr
Gobbi, Tito (including set by Jane Bown)
Godfrey, Bob
Godfrey, Rodney
Godley, Wynne
Box 6:
Goebbels, Joseph
Goering, H
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Gold, Robin (set by Tony McGrath)
Goldberg, Arthur
Goldberg, Leslie (including set by Tony McGrath)
Golden, Helen
Goldenson, Leonard
Goldie, Mrs
Golding, John
Golding, William
Goldsmith, James (including set by David Newell Smith)
Goldsmith, Stewart
Goldsmith, Walter (set by Neil Libbert)
Goldstein, Professor (set by David Newell Smith)
Goldstone, Mr
Goletka, Ivor (including sets by Tony McGrath and Neil Libbert)
Gollancz, Victor (set by Jane Bown)
Gollencz, Lillie
Golombek, Harry (set by Tony McGrath)
Gombrich, Professor EH [Ernst Hans]
Gomez, Dr (set by Neil Libbert)
Gomme, Leslie
Gommes, John
Gondolfi
Gonzales, Felipe & Ronald Reagan
Gooben, Ross
Gooch, Graham
Goodall, Reginald
Goodall, Tom
Gooden, Robert (set by David Newell Smith)
Box 6:
Goodison, Sir Nicholas
Goodman, Lord (set by David Newell Smith)
Goodman, Mr
Goodman, Benny
Goodman, Harry (including set by Neil Libbert)
Goodson, Alfred (set by David Newell Smith)
Goodwin, Peter
Goolden, Richard (including set by David Newell Smith)
Goosens, Sidoney
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Gordeev, Mr (Russian Trade Delegation) (set by David Newell Smith)
Gordon-Baker, Charles
Gordimer, Nadine
Gordon, Audrey (set by Tony McGrath)
Gordon, Dick
Gordon, Elizabeth
Gordon, Ian (set by David Newell Smith)
Gordon, John
Gordon, L
Gordon, Mary
Gordon-Baker, Charles (set by Neil Libbert)
Gordon-Hall, Peter
Gordon-Walker, Patrick (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gore, Father Brian
Gormaston, Lord
Gormley, Joe (including sets by Tony McGrath and Neil Libbert)
Gorst, Irene
Gosling, Don (including set by Tony McGrath)
Gosling, Nigel (set by Jane Bown)
Goslitski, Ronnie
Gotell, Walter (set by Neil Libbert)
Gotthard, David (set by Neil Libbert)
Gough, Piers
Gould, Arthur (set by Tony McGrath)
Gould, Bryan
Gould, Lawrence
Box 8:
Gould, Norman
Gould, Sir Ronald
Gould, Shane
Goulding, Cathal (set by Tony McGrath)
Gouldsbury, Pamela (set by David Newell Smith)
Goulet, Yann (set by Tony McGrath)
Gourdie
Gourley, Simon
Gower, David
Gower, Professor L
Gower, Linton
Gowling, Alan
Grace, WG (set by Tony McGrath)
Goyco, Juan
Goymen, Korel
Grade, Lord (set by Tony McGrath)
Grade, Lew
Grade, Michael (set by Tony McGrath)
Grady, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Graham, Andrew
Graham, Alastair
Graham, Archie (set by David Newell Smith)
Grafftey-Smith, Jinx (set by Jane Bown)
Graham, Billy (including sets by Tony McGrath and David Newell Smith)
Graham, Cecil (funeral)
Graham, John
Graham, William
Graham-Yooll, Andrew
Grandfield, Nigel
Granger, Stewart
Grant, Alan (set by Jane Bown)
Grant, Alec
Grant, David
Grant, John (MP) (set by Jane Bown)
Grant, Mickey (staff)
Grant, Peter
Grant, Stephanie
Grant, Ted (set by Tony McGrath)
Granville, Joseph
Grassi, Paolo (set by Tony McGrath)
Gration, David
Gratwick, Tom
Graves, Robert
Box 9:
Graves, Robert (continued: set by Colin Jones, 16 June 1965)
Gray, Andy
Gray, Benny (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gray, Eddie
Gray, Eileen (set by David Newell Smith)
Gre, Barbara
Greatorex, Harry (set by Neil Libbert)
Greaves, Jimmy
Greece, Queen of
Green, Alec
Green, Angela
Green, Belinda (including sets by Tony McGrath and Neil Libbert)
Green, Donovan & Sonia
Green, Edwin (set by David Newell Smith)
Green, Gerry
Green, Hughie (set by Neil Libbert)
Green, Lionel (set by David Newell Smith)
Green & Spencer
Green, Mr (unemployed) (set by Tony McGrath)
Green, Mr O (set by David Newell Smith)
Green, Sir Owen (including set by Neil Libbert)
Green, Peter & Martin
Green, Philip
Green, Ray
Green, Rob
Green, Stanley (set by David Newell Smith)
Greenaway, Peter
Greenberg, Daniel S (set by Tony McGrath)
Greene, Carol
Greene, Graham (including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Greene, Sir Hugh Carleton
Greene, Jim (set by Neil Libbert)
Greene, Sydney (including set by David Newell Smith
Greener, Tony (set by Neil Libbert)
Box 10:
Greenfield, Edward (set by Neil Libbert)
Greenhall, Colin
Greenhaigh, Trisha
Greenlees, Mike
Greenwood, Eve
Greenwood, Ron
Greenwood, Susanna (set by Tony McGrath)
Greer, Germaine (set by David Newell Smith)
Grenfell, Andree
Greenfell, Joyce (including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Gregan, Kate
Gregorievich, Daniel
Gregory, George (set by David Newell Smith)
Gregory, Ken
Gregory, Professor Richard (set by Tony McGrath)
Gregory, Tony
Greig, Tony
Grepne, Kirstin (set by Tony McGrath)
Gresswell, Don
Gretton, John
Grey, Admiral
Grey, Annabel
Grey, Roger de
Grey, Simon (set by Tony McGrath)
Grey, William
Grierson, Ronald
Grieve, Mary
Griffin, Sir Brian
Griffin, Johnny
Griffin, Tom (including set by Tony McGrath)
Griffith, Hugh (set by Tony McGrath)
Griffiths, Alan
Griffiths, Albert (set by David Newell Smith)
Griffiths, Billy
Griffiths, Bruce
Griffiths, Charles
Griffiths, Eldon (set by Tony McGrath)
Griffiths, Gervaise
Griffiths, John
Griffiths, Roy
Griffiths, SC 'Billy'
Griffiths-Jones, Lynne
Griffiths, Mr (Welsh farmer) (set by Neil Libbert)
Griffiths, Peter (MP)
Griffiths, Rupert (set by Neil Libbert)
Grigg, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Griggs, Barbara (set by Neil Libbert)
Griggs, Sebastian
Grigson, Geoffrey
Grimble, Rosemary (set by David Newell Smith)
Grimmond, Joe
Box 11:
Grimond, Jo (set by David Newell Smith)
Grimshaw, Peter
Grinstead, Stanley
Grisedale, Pamela
Grogan, Robert
Grosbard, Leonard
Gross, Bob (set by Tony McGrath)
Gross, Miriam
Gross, Samuel & Henry (including set by Tony McGrath and Neil Libbert)
Grossart, Angus
Grossman, Douglas (set by David Newell Smith)
Grossman, Tom
Groves, Trevor
Grylls, Michael
Gryphon 'D'or Group'
Guarisco, Anthony
Gubaryev, Vladimir (set by Neil Libbert)
Gubbay, Raymond (2 Feb 1984, 2 sets by Jane Bown)
Guccione, Bob
Guest, Nigel
Gueffen, Menachem (set by Neil Libbert)
Guggenheim, Paul
Guggenheim, Peggy
Guillebaud, Claude
Guiness, Alec
Gulliver, James (set by Tony McGrath)
Gummer, Selwyn
Gunn, John
Gunn, Robert
Gunter, Ray (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gupta, Mihir
Guthrie, Sir Giles
Gutteridge, Keith
Guttman, Alfred
Guttman, Dr William (staff) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Gwalior, Queen Mother of
Gwilt, George
Gwyn, Gerald
Gyari, Lodi
Gyngell, Bruce
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library
OHP/64
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7 February 2002
Part of Oral history project
Interview with Penelope Phillips, assistant to the literary editor for the Observer. Conducted by Stephen Pritchard on 7 February 2002. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.
Disc 1:
Tracks 1-3
Test
Track 4
00.08 Worked on Observer Books desk from 1965
00.28 Had previously worked for the Times
00.42 Remembers interview
01.10 Discussion of working with Terry Kilmartin
02.30 Smoking at the Observer
02.38 Working at Tudor Street
03.06 Myth that one office in Tudor Street had a bath
03.15 Discussion of Charles Davey
03.55 Office moved to Queen Victoria Street
04.20 Parking at the office
04.30 Discussion of childhood
04.40 What it was like to work at the Observer in the 1960s
04.55 David Astor and his success at the Observer
05.18 Discussion of Kilmartin, David Astor and their wartime service
05.52 Disagreement between Kilmartin and Astor
07.50 Kilmartin and his approach to publishers
08.40 Kilmartin's team of reviewers including Malcolm Muggeridge
09.05 Muggeridge's help when she got married
09.53 Muggeridge's coverage of the Kim Philby affair
11.00 Discussion of the 1960s
11.45 Drinking at the Observer
12.45 Discusses Muggeridge's book on God
13.25 Discusses her educational background
14.20 Philip Toynbee's dislike of literary circles
14.40 Discussion of memorable colleagues including Clifford Makins and Hugh McIlvanney
15.20 Printing during this period
15.35 Remembers the political editor Nora Beloff and John Silverlight
17.40 Remained at the Observer until 1969
18.50 Death of Kilmartin
19.20 Remembers Kenneth Obank and his friendship with Kilmartin
19.50 Remembers Maurice Richardson and his coverage of the Moors murders
21.10 *
21.50 Remembers John Gale and his suicide
22.58 Social events at the Observer
23.30 Discusses Kilmartin's early life
25.00 Literary criticism today
25.55 How the Observer was seen in the 1960s
26.15 The effect of the Observer on her political beliefs
26.45 The effect on the newspaper when moved
27.28 Death of Francis Hope
27.40 Remembers Mary Holland's early career
28.00 Remembers Willi Guttmann who joined during the early years of Astor
31.20 Left work when had first child
31.40 Worked part time as an English teacher
32.40 The legacy of the Observer
34.00 Remembers working and socialising with Kilmartin
35.25 *
35.50 Remembers colleagues including Naomi Lewis and Stevie Smith