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Margaret Thatcher is shown aboard a ship in an old navy uniform, singing "... I polished up Trident so carefullee, That now I am the Seller of the Queen's navy!" Behind her, looking uncomfortable is Geoffrey Howe. Steering the vessel is Keith Joseph. Standing to attention are other members of Thatcher's cabinet, including William Whitelaw and John Nott. In the background an aircraft-carrier is sailing away with 'INVINCIBLE' written on the back and flying the Australian flag.

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1982.

The conversations are with the following people:

John Biffen, 16 January 1982
Richard Holme, 19 January 1982
Document presenting summary of outstanding trials in the crown courts, 29 January 1982
James Prior, 30 January 1982

Richard Holme, 2 February 1982
David Owen, 4 February 1982
Sir John Donaldson, 9 February 1982
Soames, 17 February 1982
Geoffrey Lane, with attached letter from Lane to Hugo Young, 17 February 1982
Elwyn Jones, 25 February 1982

John Nott, 20 February 1982

Ian Maxwell, 11 March 1982

Richard Holme, 24 March 1982
David Steel, 25 March 1982

John Barry, 1 April 1982
'RB' about the Falklands War, 9 April 1982
Neil Kinnock, 22 April 1982
James Prior, 23 April 1982

Comment from Michael Jones to Magnus Linklater concerning military intervention in the Falklands, 5 May 1982
Comment from Michael Jones to Magnus Linklater concerning military intervention in the Falklands with attached interview extract, 6 May 1982
Chris Patten, 6 May 1982
Formal transcript of interview with Margaret Thatcher on the Jimmy Young Show, mainly about the Falklands War, 19 May 1982
Comment from Michael Jones to Magnus Linklater entitled 'UK document on negotiations for a peaceful settlement guidance' , 20 May 1982
Comment from Michael Jones to Magnus Linklater concerning military intervention in the Falklands, 21 May 1982
Comment from Michael Jones to Magnus Linklater concerning military intervention in the Falklands, 22 May 1982
Peter Middleton, 26 May 1982*

Ken Livingstone, 3 June 1982
John Nott, 18 June 1982

William Whitelaw, concerning the break-in at Buckingham palace, July 1982
Geoffrey Pattie, 7 July 1982
William Whitelaw, formal interview transcript, 22 July 1982

Francis Pym, 23 October 1982
Eric Heffer, 28 October 1982

Leon Brittan, 4 November 1982

Tony Judge, 9 December 1982

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Government defence policy
Falklands War
Michael Foot and his leadership of the Labour party
The forthcoming general election
The economy
Reform of the judiciary and legal system
Break-in at Buckingham palace and the subsequent inquiry
Creator: DS/UK/122

Lord Carrington is depicted as an angel sitting upon his own grave which reads 'Did the decent thing 1982', [representing his decision to resign as Foreign Secretary following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands]. A [Foreign Office member] is shown placing flowers on his grave whilst Margaret Thatcher is running towards them with a piece of paper that reads 'REPRIEVE' showing Thatcher's wish for Carrington to stay on in the role. Behind them is [John Nott] sitting on a well, hunched in his coat, suggesting that he was pivotal in Carrington's resignation.

Research material relating to the Falklands War, 2 April and 14 June 1982.

Material includes: Newspapers, articles and clippings from British newspapers and periodicals such as the Guardian, the Times and Royal Air Force News and Navy News; typescript press releases from 10 Downing Street; and photocopies from Keesing's Contemporary Archives on the invasion of the Falkland Islands.

Subjects include: main events of the war, including the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano; the surrender of Argentina; and the resignations of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord Carrington, Lord Privy Seal Humphrey Atkins, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Richard Luce, and John Nott MP, whose resignation was not accepted.

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals from 1980-1986.
These were used as research when writing his book 'One of Us'.

The conversations are with the following people:

'DO' 27 November 1980

Cecil Parkinson, 4 February 1982*

Peter Walker, 4 March 1982

Tim Lankester, 6 April 1982

Kenneth Baker, 6 May 1982
Cecil Parkinson, 12 May 1982
Peter Walker, 12 May 1982
'W/e' 16 May 1982
Cecil Parkinson, 28 May 1982

Michael Jones, 3 June 1982
Michael Jones, 4 June 1982
Maurice Saatchi, 10 June 1982
George Younger, 16 June 1982
Sir Henry Leach, 17 June 1982

Notes, 7 July 1982
David Gilmore, 8 July 1982
Notes, 9 July 1982
Tim Lankester, 9 July 1982
Humphrey Atkins, 13 July 1982
John Nott, 28 July 1982
Kenneth Clarke, 29 July 1982

Japan ideas, September 1982
China 'notebook gutting' September 1982

Margaret Thatcher, 27 October 1982

Ian Gilmour, 9 November 1982
Michael Jopling, 10 November 1982
David Howell, 11 November 1982

Peter Walker, 13 January 1983
Kady Young, 19 January 1983

Willie Whitelaw, 8 February 1983

Ferdy Mount, 8 March 1983
Chris Patten, 10 March 1983
Keith Joseph, 16 March 1983
Charles Morrison, 17 March 1983
Geoffrey Howe, 17 March 1983
Ed Streator, 22 March 1983
John Biffen, 23 March 1983
Patrick Jenkin, 29 March 1983

Keith Middlemass, 4 May 1983
Cecil Parkinson, 5 May 1983
Jim Prior, 12 May 1983
Notes on Conservative Party manifesto, 13 May 1983

Douglas Wass, 29 June 1983

William Waldegrave, 6 June 1985

Transcript of Radio 4 broadcast 'Pillars of Society:Programme One- The Bar' presented by Hugo Young, 23 January 1986
Creator: DS/UK/122

Files of prints of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Nabokov, Vladimir (Includes set by Peter Keen)
Nadal, Raphael (not tennis player) - [Rafael Nadal]** (by David Sillitoe)
Nagano, Kent (By Dennis Thorpe)
Nagy, Phyllis
Nail, Jimmy
Naipaul, VS (Including sets by Peter Keen and John Reardon)
Nair, Devan (By Jane Bown)
Nairn, Ian (Staff)
Naish, Bronwen
Najibullah
Nally, Mike (Staff)
Namboodiripad, E.M. Sankaran (By Michael Peto)
Namier, Sir Louis
Napier, John
Napier-Bell, Simon
Napper, Alison (By Jane Bown)
Narayan, Jaya Prakash (By Jane Bown)
Narayan, R.K. (Including set by Jane Bown)
Narayan, Rajan (By Jane Bown)
Nardini, Daniela (By Andrew Testa)

Box 2
Narizzano, Silvio (By Eamonn McCabe)
Narromore (By Jane Bown)
Nasrin, Taslima
Nasseibeh, Sari
Nasser, Gamal Abdel (Including picture by Karsh)
Nathaniel
Nathen, Sarah (By Jane Bown)
Nation, Terry (by Frank Martin)
Naughtie, James (Staff)
Naughton, Bill (By Don McCullin)
Naughton, John
Navasky, Victor
Navrozov, Andrei (Guardian writer)
Nawiasky, Mechtild (Staff)
Naylor, Gloria
Naylor, Janet
Naylor, Jim
Naylor, Margot (Staff)
Nazareth, Isobel
Nazir-Ali, Michael (Dr.)
Njabuld, Ndebele
N'Dour, Youssou
Neagle, Anna (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Neal, Gub
Neal, Gerry
Neame, Christopher
Neave, Airey
Neave, Rikki
Needham, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Needham, Joseph (By Jane Bown)
Needham, Richard
Needham, Sabrena
Needle, Jan (By Dennis Thorpe)
Needler, Harold (By Colin Jones)
Neel, Alice (By Robert Maplethorpe)
Neeson, Liam
Negoda, Natalya
Negroponte, Nicholas
Nehru, Pandit (Including sets by Neil Libbert)
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Neil, Andrew (Including set by Jane Bown)
Neil, Hildegard
Neil, Lucy
Neil, Ron
Neill of Bladen, Lord (Q.C.)
Neizvestny, Ernst (By Ida Kar)
Nekrasov, Viktor
Nelligan, Kate (Including sets by Neil Libbert and Kenneth Saunders)
Nellist, Dave
Nelmes, Stanley
Nelson, Lord (By Jane Bown)
Nelson, Ralph
Nelson, Richard
Nelsson, Richard (Staff)
Nelsova, Zara
Nemeth, Miklos
Nemon, Oscar
Nepal, King and Queen of
Nerina, Nadia
Neruda, Pablo (By Chris Smith)
Nesbitt, Cathleen
Nesbitt, Robert (By Robin Laurence)
Nesin, Aziz
Nestor, Pam
Netanyahu, Benjamin
Netherlands, Royal Family of (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith and Tony McGrath)
Neto, Augustinho
Nettleford, Rex (Prof.)
Neuberger, Julia (Including set by Jane Bown)

Box 3
Neudecker, Mariele
Neuhaus, Denise (By Jane Bown)
Neustatter, Angela
Neveux, Georges
Neville, Charles
Neville, Elizabeth (By Jane Bown)
Neville, John (Including sets by Jane Bown and Angus McBean)
Neville, Richard
Neville-Jones, Dame Pauline
Nevin, Charles (Staff)
New Kids On the Block Fans
Newby, Eric
Newby, P.H. (By Peter Johns)
Newell, Mike
Newell-Smith, David (Staff)
Newman, G.F.
Newman, Bishop Jeremiah
Newman, Kenneth (Sir) (Including Jane Bown)
Newman, Nanette (By Frank Martin)
Newman, Paul
Newman, Randy
Newman, Rob
Newman, Sidney (Including set by David Sims)
Newsam, Peter (Inclusing set by Jane Bown)
Newsome, Lloyd
Newton, Anthony
Newton, Eric (Staff)
Newton, Gordon (By Jane Bown)
Newton, Helmut (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Newton, Mike
Newton-John, Olivia (Including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Ngakone, Albertina (Dr.)
Ngo-Dinh-Nhu (By Jane Bown)
Nglow, Euan
Ngugi Wa Thiong o * (by Jane Bown, 1984)
Nguyen Khank, General
Nguyen Van Thieu, President
Niarchos, Stavros
Nicholl, Duncan
Nichol, Helen
Nichol, Jim
Nichol, Noleen
Nicholas, David
Nicholas, David
Nicholas, Jeremy (By Kenneth Saunders)
Nicholls, Patrick
Nichols, Dandy
Nichols, Grace
Nichols, Mike
Nichols, Peter
Nichols, Ross
Nicholson, Ben (By Bill Brandt)
Nicholson, Brian (Staff) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Nicholson, Sir Brian
Nicholson, Caroline (Staff)
Nicholson, Dido
Nicholson, Emma
Nicholson, Geoff (Staff)
Nicholson, Mavis (By Jane Bown)
Nicholson, Nigel (Including set by Jane Bown)
Nicholson, Norman (By Jane Bown)
Nicholson, Rosemary (By Jane Bown and Sue Adler)
Nicholson, William
Nicolls, Janet
Nicols, Maggie
Nicolson, Ben
Nicolson, Harold (Sir) (By Jane Bown and Howard Coster)
Nicolson, Nigel (By Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Nickell, Rachel Jane

Box 4
Niesewand, Peter
Nightingale, Virginia
Nijinska, Romola
Nikolayev, Andrian (Major) (By Karsh)
Nittve, Lars
Nitze, Paul (Including set by Karsh)
Niven, David
Nixon, Donald (By Jane Bown)
Nixon, Kay (By Jane Bown)
Nixon, Vivian
Nils, Nobby
Nilsen, Dennis
Nilson, Anton
Nilsson, Birgit (Sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns and Don Morley)
Nims, Jerry (Dr.)
Nin, Anais
Ninagowa, Yukio
Nisbet-Smith, D.
Nixon, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown and a Gibbard illustration)
Nkomo, Joshua (Including set by Jane Bown)
Nkosi, James (Lewis) (By Jane Bown)
Nkrumal, Kwame (Including set by Peter Keen)
Noakes, John
Noakes, Vivian
Noble, Adrian
Noiret, Philippe
Nolan, Anna (Set by Jane Bown)
Nolan, Lord
Nolan, Sydney
Nolte, Nick
Nond, Luigi (Set by Erich Auerbach)
Noon, Jeff (Set by Dennis Thorpe)
Nooteboom, Cees
Norden, Dennis
Norfolk, 16th Duke of (Set by Anthony Vincent and Eric Wadsworth)
Nordli, Odvar (Set by Jane Bown)
Norfolk, 17th Duke of (Sets by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert)
Norman, Sir Arthur (Including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Norman, Bary (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Norman, Frank
Norman, Howard (Set by Jane Bown)
Norman, Jessye (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns and Frank Martin)
Norman, Philip (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Norrington, Roger
Norris, Steven (Including sets by Antonio Olmos and Martin Argles)
Norrish, hilary (Set by Jane Bown)
Norstein, Yuri
North, Dick
North, Robert
Northern, Michael
Norton, Deborah (Set by Peter Johns)
Norton, Jim
Norton, Mary (Set by Angus McBean)
Norton-Taylor, Richard
Norwich, Lord John Julius (Including set by Jane Bown)
Norwood, Mandi
Nott, Sir John (Including set by Jane Bown)

Box 5:
Nott, Lady (Set by Jane Bown)
Nott, Kathleen (Staff)
Noutelle, Lawrence (Set by Jane Bown)
Novak, Kim (Set by Tom Smith)
Novell, Jean Christopher (Set by Jane Bown)
Ntshona, Winston
Nu, U (Including sets by Jane Bown and Tony McGrath)
Nugent, Lucy (Set by Jane Bown)
Nujoma, Sam
Numan, Garry
Numeiry, Gafar (Set by Jane Bown)
Nunn, Trevor (Including sets by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark and Don McPhee)
Nureyev, Rudolf (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns, Michael Peto, David Sim, Brian Seed, Colin Jones, Neil Libbert, Tony McGrath, Nobby Clark, John Reardon and Richard Mildenhall)
Nuriglia, R C
Nursaw, William (Staff)
Nyerere, Julius (Including sets by Jane Bown and Stuart Heydinger)
Nygh, Anna (Sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Nyman, Michael
Nxumalo, Simon (Set by Frank Martin)
Nzo, Alfred
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

John Nott stands on the end of 'The Falkland Fiasco' boat holding a piece of paper as he attempts to get the attention of other voyagers passing by. The rest of the boat is submerged under water along with the captain, Lord Carrington as there appears to be damage at the bottom of it.