Letters and copy letters mostly concerning articles requested, suggested or offered for publication or complaints about published pieces.
Also containing reference to: a series about little-known English counties and spa towns by Norman Shrapnel, May 1978-June 1980; correspondence with the head of Marplan about public opinion polls, December 1981-February 1982; an article suggestion from the Guardian Librarian at Manchester University, March 1982; introducing a review column for games, January-December 1982; Norman Shrapnel's week in the Press Gallery of the House of Commons, December 1982-February 1983; a woman invited by an imposter to a non-existant meeting at the Guardian, April 1984; a dog given to McKie by David Steel, July 1984; a minor accusation of censorship from Brian Sedgemore, June 1984; Mary Stott*, [July 1984]; a reader's compensating a blind man whose mugging was reported in the Guardian, August-September 1984; the Queen's tour of the Caribbean, August 1985; an American professor's research into 'news credibility', April 1985-February 1986 and correspondence with Jack Straw and David Blunkett about the paper's political content, February 1986-May 1988.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole