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Colour television documentary report produced by the BBC on negotiations between the trade unions and Observer management, with the views of the editor, journalists and leaders of the unions when the Observer was facing bankruptcy in mid-June 1975.

Documentary directed by Philip Geddes. Written and produced by BBC journalist Elwyn Parry Jones.

Made during 'hard economic times' in the quality newspaper market when the Observer was facing possible closure, wage cuts to staff and had requested 400 voluntary redundancies.

Contains footage of: the exterior of the Observer offices at Queen Victoria Street and the nearby area; the exterior of Printing House Square; David Astor and Donald Trelford conducting the weekly editorial conference; the interior of the offices and footage of staff at work including editorial staff, print workers and newspaper production staff; a chapel meeting of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ); an editorial meeting; a meeting between management and the union chapels committee; a management meeting; Astor meeting with a reporter from Newsweek Magazine; a meeting of union representatives; the empty printing rooms and news offices following industrial action; a special meeting of the chapel; and interviews with a range of Observer staff.

Interviews include: David Astor (Editor) on the state of the Observer versus other newspapers, negotiations with the unions, his response to the crisis and the outcome, and his retirement; John Clare (Labour Correspondent) on industrial crises and staff levels in national newspapers; Nigel Lloyd (Editor Colour Magazine) on union meetings; Keith Colquhoun (Managing Editor - Colour Magazine); Donald Trelford (Deputy Editor) on the Observer's survival of the crisis and redundancy; Ken Obank (Managing Editor) on optimism and the suspension of printing due to industrial action; Owen O'Brien (General Secretary of the National Society of Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA)) on jobs at risk and negotiations; Bert Hand (Imperial Father of Federated Chapels for the newspaper) on the actions of management and staffing levels over time, he goes through the changes to the working conditions with the unions; John Littlejohns (Finance Director) on the agreements with the unions; Bob Chesshyre (Father NUJ Chapel) on the future of the Observer and NUJ policy, and discussions over journalists pay; Terry Kilmartin (Literary Editor) on the role of Astor at the newspaper; Terry O'Rourke (Father Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) Chapel) on the refusal of printing staff to allow the BBC to film them at work; Jeremy Bugler (Deputy Father of the NUJ Chapel) on the absence of Astor during a crucial week in discussions with the unions; Ros Morris (Reporter) on negotiations with the unions; Peter Deeley (Reporter) on the management's success during negotiations and the concessions made by journalist, the different types of journalists and his criticisms of management of the newspaper; John Mitchell (Assistant Secretary London Machine Branch NATSOPA) on changes to redundancy agreements; Roger Harrison (Deputy General Manager) on redundancy terms and meetings with the unions; Diana Petry (Travel Writer) on leaving the newspaper and loyalty to the Observer; Mrs Smith (Technical Secretary) on leaving the paper; printing and editorial staff leaving the newspaper interviewed during their farewell parties; Colin Legum (Associate Editor) on delays to printing; SOGAT warehousemen on the argument between the unions and management; and Joe Filkin (London Branch Secretary SOGAT) on the breakdown in talks.

Topics covered in the documentary include: the relations with the trade unions; changes to how the newspaper has been produced; the purchase of Printing House Square which left the newspaper in debt; cuts to production staffing levels; history of the newspaper; past characters at the paper including Kenneth Tynan; the conflict between editorial and commercial success; foreign coverage at the newspaper; the response of union members to editorial articles; the BBC being asked to leave by printing press machine operators over fear of the response to the documentary being aired; the pay of journalists; unemployed casuals seeking work on Fleet Street; a meeting between management and the union respresentatives; the return of Astor from holiday; voluntary redundancies; the response of union members to management redundancy plans; journalists leaving the newspaper including Education Correspondent Peter Wilby and Diana Petry; clerical staff leaving the newspaper; farewell parties for those leaving; the unions' distrust of the media; a possible closure of production; the involvement of the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA); delays to printing due to industrial action; the breakdown in talks between management and the unions; the withdrawal of labour; a statement on industrial action for the Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph; the loss of an issue; the withdrawal of redundancy notices; the acceptance of new terms; savings made by the Observer; Astor's retirement as editor; and the future of the newspaper.

Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 55 seconds. Starts at 44 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

Files of negatives of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Waddell, Jean (set by Tony McGrath)
Waddington, Bob
Waddington, Reverend John (set by David Newell Smith)
Wade, Erik (Managing Director, Dimplex) (set by David Newell Smith)
Wade, Joe (set by Tony McGrath)
Wade, Virginia (set by Tony McGrath)
Wadsworth, Andrew (Jacob Island company)
Waggett, John
Wagner, Sir Anthony (including set by David Newell Smith)
Wagner, Friedelind (set by Tony McGrath)
Wagner, John
Wagner, Victor & Gideon (set by Tony McGrath)
Wagstaff, Alan
Wagstaff, Christopher (set by Tony McGrath)
Wain, John (staff)
Wainwright, John
Waite, Terry (peace envoy)
Wajda, Andrezej
Wakefield, Duncan
Wakeham, John (set by Neil Libbert)
Wakeling, EG (Advance Electronics)
Wakeman, Rick (marriage to Nina Carter)
Wakeman, Sue
Wakhweya, Emmanuel
Wald, Judy (set by Neil Libbert)
Waldheim, Kurt (set by David Mansell)
Walentynowicz, Anna
Wales, David
Walford, Peggy (Peace activist) (set by David Mansell)
Walker, Dr Barry
Walker, Caroline
Walker, Fred
Walker, George (set by Neil Libbert)
Walker, Gerald (set by David Newell Smith)
Walker, HA (set by Sally Soames)
Walker, John
Walker, Reverend Martin
Walker, Patric (astrologer) (set by David Newell Smith)
Walker, Peter (Member of Parliament) (including set by David Newell Smith)

Box 2:
Walker, Richard
Walker, Ron
Walker, Rudolph (set by Jane Bown)
Walker, Sarah
Walker, W (Boxing)
Walker, General Sir Walter
Wallace, Keith
Wallace, Trevor
Waller, Walter
Wallis, Alfred (set by David Newell Smith)
Wallis, Dr John (set by David Mansell)
Wallis, Ken
Wallis Brothers (set by Jane Bown)
Walsh, George
Walsh, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Walsh, Michael
Walsh, Ted (jockey)
Walter, Harriet (including set by Neil Libbert)
Walter, Richard (staff)
Walters, Ian (sculptor) (set by David Mansell)
Walters, Mya
Walters, Peter
Walton, William
Waltrip, William
Wanger, Walter
Wansell, Geoffrey (set by Tony McGrath)
Wapshott, Nick (set by David Mansell)
Ward, Judith
Warburg, Fredrick
Ward, Diana
Ward, Eileen
Ward, Ian
Ward, Marilyn (Miss England 1971) (set by David Newell Smith)
Ward, Peter
Ward, Simon
Ward, Dr Stephen
Ward, Terry
Ward Jackson, Barbara
Wardman, Robert
Ware, Charles
Warhol, Andy
Waring, J (Electrocomponents)
Warmsley, Nigel

Box 3:
Warner, David (set by David Newell Smith)
Warner, Deborah (theatre director)
Warner, PB (set by David Newell Smith)
Warnock, Mary
Warnock, Mike (set by David Newell Smith)
Warren, Gwen & Arthur (set by Tony McGrath)
Warren, Raymond (English composer) (set by David Newell Smith)
Warrington, Jean
Warter, Sir Philip
Warton, Mandy (set by Tony McGrath)
Warwick, Derek
Warwick, Frank
Wason, Dr Peter (set by David Newell Smith)
Wat, Aleksander
Waterfield, James
Waterfield, Dr Mike
Waterman, Fanny
Wates, Neil (set by David Newell Smith)
Watkins, Alan
Watkins, Lovelace (set by Tony McGrath)
Watkinson, David (staff) (set by David Newell Smith)
Watkinson, Harold (Minister of Defence)
Watkinson, Lord (Managing Director of Schweppes) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Watley, Pat
Watson, Colin (set by Tony McGrath)
Watson, Eric
Watson, Jack (set by David Newell Smith)
Watson, John
Watson, Lesley
Watson, Peter
Watson, Lowe
Watson, Victor
Watt, Alan (set by Tony McGrath)
Watt, Jim
Watts, Denis (set by Tony McGrath)
Watts, PG (set by David Newell Smith)
Watts, Peter
Watts, Roy
Watts, Tom
Watman, Jonathan

Box 4:
Waugh, Auberon
Waugh, Harriet
Waverly Consort (set by David Newell Smith)
Way, Raymond (set by David Newell Smith)
Wearne, Gerry
Weaver, Brian
Weaver, Vernon
Webb, Beatrice
Webb, David
Webb, John (including sets by Neil Libbert & David Newell Smith)
Webb, Murcott (set by David Newell Smith)
Webb, Robert
Webb, Ted
Webley, Herb
Webster, Reverend Alan
Webster, Ben
Webster, Martin
Webster, Michael
Webster, Judge William H
Weidenfield, George
Weighell, Sid
Weightman, JG (staff)
Weill, Sanford
Weinberg, Alvin
Weinberg, Mark (some with Jacob Rothschild) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Weinburger, Casper
Weinreb, Ben
Weir, Lord
Weir, Richard
Weiss, Sharon
Weisz, Brian
Weiybe, Helga
Welch, Raquel (set by David Newell Smith)
Welensky, Sir Roy (including set by Jane Bown)
Welland, Colin (set by Tony McGrath)
Wellbeloved, Jim (James) (including set by David Newell Smith)
Wellburn, Geoffrey
Weller, Denise
Welles, Orson (incl set with Anthony Perkins)
Wellings, Sir Jack (set by David Newell Smith)
Wells, Chief Superintendent (set by Neil Libbert)

Box 5:
Wells, Chris (set by Tony McGrath)
Wells, Len (set by Tony McGrath)
Wells, Colonel Lewis
Wells, Mary
Wells, Oliver (Charles Wells Brewery)
Welting, Ruth (set by Tony McGrath)
Wescott, Arnold
Wessels, Keplar (Cricket)
West, Caroline (set by Tony McGrath)
West, Charles
West, Mrs Frederick (wide of England's first heart transplant patient) (set by David Newell Smith)
West, Peter (set by David Newell Smith)
West, Ron
Westbrook, Tim
Westbrook, TCL (set by David Newell Smith)
Westmacott, Mr (Chairman of Hoare Govett)
Weston, Christopher (set by Tony McGrath)
Weston, Ralph
Wetzel, Dave
Wexler, Nancy
Weymouth, Lord
Wharton, Edith
Whatnell, Bill
Wheatcroft, Tom
Wheater, Joe
Wheatley, Dennis
Wheatley, Doris
Wheeler, Mr (Chairman of AEI)
Wheeler, Cyril (set by David Newell Smith)
Wheeler, Dennis
Wheeler, Michael
Wheeler, Sir Mortimer
Wheeler, Peter
Wheeler, Stuart
Wheldon, Paul
Whichello, Richard
Whitaker, James
Whitby, Ann
White, Desmond
White, Sir Dick
White, Ebony
White, Sir Gordon
White, Jack (Manager of Imperial Hotel Blackpool)
White, Jack (Wood carvings)
White, James
White, John (funeral) (set by David Newell Smith)
White, Josh
White, Patrick
White, Reg & Robert
White, Sam
White, Steven & Elizabeth
White, Theodore
Whitehead, Colonel
Whitehead, Commander (set by David Newell Smith)
Whitehead, Dick (set by Tony McGrath)
Whitehead, Garry
Whitehead, Roger

Box 6:
Whitehorn, Katharine (staff) (including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith & Tony McGrath)
Whitehouse, Mary
Whitelaw, Billie (set by David Newell Smith)
Whitelaw, William
Whiteley, John
Whitelam, Gough (set by Tony McGrath)
Whitlow, Leslie
Whittaker, Dr Mary (set by Tony McGrath)
Whittall, Harold
Whittle, Ronald (set by David Newell Smith)
Whitworth, John (set by David Newell Smith)
Whitworth, Gareth (staff) (set by Tony McGrath)
Whyte, Hamilton (set by David Newell Smith)
Whyte, Tom (including sets by David Newell Smith & Tony McGrath)
Wickendon, Roland (set by David Newell Smith)
Wickins, David
Wicks, Ben (cartoonist) (set by David Newell Smith)
Widdicombe, Gillian (including set by Tony McGrath)
Wide, James
Wigan, Gareth (set by David Newell Smith)
Wigg, Lord George (set by Tony McGrath)
Wiggin, Ray (set by David Newell Smith)
Wiggs, Richard
Wight, Ian (set by Adam Scott 25 March 1988)
Wigley, Clem
Wigley, David & Eleanor
Wilby, Peter (staff)
Wild, Jude
Wilde, Oscar
Wilde, Ted
Wildgoose, John
Wiles, David
Wilkie, John (set by Tony McGrath)
Wilkins, Gordon
Wilkins, Sir Graham
Wilkinson, Don

Box 7:
Wilkinson, Geoff
Wilkinson, Professor Geoffrey
Wilkinson, Philip
Wilkinson, Robert
Willett, Alan (wedding to Barbara Watson)
Williams, A (Ship Constructors Union)
Williams, Andy (sett by Tony McGrath)
Williams, Anthony
Williams, Aubrey (set by David Newell Smith)
Williams, Betty
Williams, Sir Brandon Rhys
Williams, Charles
Williams, David
Williams, Desmond
Williams, Dorian
Williams, Ellis (set by David Newell Smith)
Williams, Emily (set by David Newell Smith)
Williams, Firmston (ASDA)
Williams, Galen (set by Neil Libbert)
Williams, Geoffrey
Wiliams, George
Williams, Gordon (set by Neil Libbert)
Williams, Gus
Williams, Inez (set by Neil Libbert)
Williams, Ivor (set by Tony McGrath)
Williams, Jack (set by Sally Soames)
Williams, Kit
Williams, Len
Williams, Leonard (set by David Newell Smith)
Williams, Mogg
Williams, Nicholas
Williams, Pat (set by David Newell Smith)
Williams, Ray
Williams, Shirley (including set by Tony McGrath)
Williams, Tennesse
Williams-Ellis, Sir Clough (set by David Newell Smith)
Williamson, Mr
Williamson, Bob
Williamson, Charles
Williamson, Nicol (set by Tony McGrath)
Willifer, Norman
Willis, Mrs
Willis, Dave
Willis, Norman (set by Tony McGrath)
Willock, Colin (staff)
Wills, Ken
Willsher, Brian (set by Tony McGrath)
Willsher, John

Box 8:
Willson, Richard (set by David Newell Smith)
Wilmer, Brendon
Wilmot, Bob
Wilson, Councillor
Wilson, Sir Alan (including set by David Newell Smith)
Wilson, Andrew (staff) (including set by David Newell Smith & Tony McGrath)
Wilson, Dr Angus (set by David Newell Smith)
Wilson, Colin
Wilson, Dr David
Wilson, David F (staff) (set by Tony McGrath)
Wilson, Dorothy
Wilson, Geoffrey
Wilson, Gordon
Wilson, Harold

Box 9:
Wilson, Harold (continued)

Box 10:
Wilson, Harold (continued)
Wilson, James
Wilson, Jocky
Wilson, Malcolm
Wilson, Max
Wilson, Monica (set by Tony McGrath)
Wilson, Paul (set by David Newell Smith)
Wilson, Peter
Wilson, Reg (staff)
Wilson, Robert
Wilson, Roy
Wilson, Sandy
Wilson, (Andrew) Snoo (set by Tony McGrath)
Wilson, Tony
Winberg, Joan
Winch, Peter (set by Jane Bown)
Windsor, Jim
Winearls, Dr Christopher
Wing, Dorothy (set by Tony McGrath)
Wing, Peter
Winston, Howard
Wint, Guy (staff)
Winter, Fred
Winter, Terry (set by David Newell Smith)
Winterflood, Brian
Winwood, Steve
Wise, AR (Member of Parliament)
Wise, Audrey
Wise, Graham
Wishart, Ralph
Wisman, Tom
Witcombe, Ernest (set by Tony McGrath)
Witherspoon, Jim
Wittlekind, Sarah
Wolfe, Brian (set by Tony McGrath)

Box 11:
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfers, David (set by Tony McGrath)
Wolff, Charlotte
Wolfson, Brian (set by Tony McGrath)
Wolfson, Leonard
Wollmar, Christian
Wolperth, Betty
Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick
Woltz, Alan
Wonder, Stevie
Wong, Ken
Wontner, Sir Hugh
Wood, Deidre
Wood, Denise
Wood, Sir Freddie (Fred)
Wood, Janette
Wood, John (AEI) (set by David Newell Smith)
Wood, John (rugby player)
Wood, Kenneth (set by Sally Soames)
Wood, Nigel
Wood, Peggy
Wood, Ronald
Wood, Sydney Makepeace
Wood, Wendy
Woodcock, George (including sets by Tony McGrath & David Newell Smith)
Woodcock, Tony
Woodhouse, Gary (staff) (including set by Tony McGrath)
Woodroofe, Dr Ernest (Chairman of Unilever)
Woods, Bob (set by David Newell Smith)
Woods, Donald
Woods, Tom
Woodward, Bob & John
Woodward, Edward (set by David Newell Smith)
Woodward, Roger (set by Tony McGrath)
Woolacott, Ian & Jose
Woolcock, Philip
Wooley, Piers
Woolf, Hilda (set by Neil Libbert)
Woolf, Simon
Woolley, Douglas (set by Tony McGrath)
Woolsey, Peter
Wootliff, Stanley
Worcester, Bob (Robert)

Box 12:
Workman, Nanette (set by Tony McGrath)
Worley, Douglas
Worrell, Frank
Worsley, Sir William
Woyda, Walter
Wright, Mr & Mrs
Wright, Brian
Wright, Christopher
Wright, George
Wright, Dr Helena (set by Tony McGrath)
Wright, Jack (including set by Tony McGrath)
Wright, John
Wright, Maggie (set by David Newell Smith)
Wright, Peter
Wright, William Pemberton (set by David Newell Smith)
Wrightson, Graham (set by Tony McGrath)
Wu, Jung-Ken
Wuttanee-Bourgaize, Elsie
Wyatt, Christopher
Wyatt, Kenneth
Wyatt, Woodrow (set by David Newell Smith)
Wybrow, Bob
Wydorska, Mariola
Wyles, Captain Douglas
Wynne, Dr Jane
Wynne, Steve
Wyszkowski, Krystof
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library

Interview with Peter Wilby, journalist for the Observer. Conducted by Harold Frayman on 14 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
00.00 Started in 1968 as a general reporter
01.20 Student in Brighton writing a weekly essays - perfect training for Sunday journalism
03.20 Got onto the paper by being researcher on book by Observer journalist
03.40 Covered a lot of student rebellions in the early years
04.00 Felt he was given role of covering education because he was the most recently educated
05.10 Was the first Observer education correspondent who wasn't also an expert on religious affairs
06.00 Discusses big education stories (became education correspondent in 1972)
07.15 Other stories; Northern Ireland, environmental, hostage stories, race relations, BBC

10.20 Northern Ireland - Mary Holland on civil rights/Catholic grievances
11.20 Experiences in Northern Ireland - took a walk in the Bogside at night
13.20 Big stories - LSE, stopping the South African cricket tour in 1970
14.15 Observer then based at 160 Queen Victoria Street, London
14.15 Obsever back then didn't have a proper newsroom but felt part of Fleet Street
16.00 Felt it was a friendly place with some tension between the younger reporters and the 'old guard'
17.10 Donald Trelford 'catapulted' to deputy editor
18.00 Ken Obank famous for his tempers - once threw a typewriter out of a window

20.00 Observer Foreign News Service and Ken [?Ronald] Harker, night editor anecdote
21.40 Observer pubs - Baynard Castle, Mermaid Theatre, Blackfriars
23.40 Long lunches
26.00 Message chute going through gents' lavatory - anecdote
27.30 Received brief journalistic training
29.00 Certain types of story repeating themselves over the years

33.40 General elections
35.00 Nora Beloff story 'heading the wrong way down a one-way street'
35.55 Discusses characters incl. Lajos Lederer, Ivan Yates, David Wilson, Colin Legum
35.55 Hearing Nora Beloff's conversations, often telling politicians where they were going wrong
35.55 Charles Davy, letters editor, who went round in carpet slippers)
35.55 Peter Deeley, Neal Ascherson
35.55 Those he shared an office with - Robert Cheshire, Eric Clark, Joanna Slaughter and Laurence Marks

45.20 Did he enjoy himself? Yes though there were times of boredom and frustration
46.20 Worst times - early 70s when the Times moved to Gray's Inn Road, financial problems
46.20 'You'd fear that you'd come in in the morning and the place would be gone'
46.20 Took voluntary redundancy in 1975
47.00 Tristan Jones, general manager, 'I never discuss the weather'

Track 2
Test

Files of prints of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Waddington, David
Waddington, Leslie
Wade, Joe
Wade, Lord
Waggoner, Dan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagman, William
Wagner, Gillian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagner, Wolfgang
Wagoner, Dan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagou, Dragou
Wain, John (Including sets by Peter Keen and Godfrey Macdominic)
Wainright, Alfred
Wainwright, Hilary
Wainwright 3rd, Loudon
Wainwright, Martin (Staff)
Wainwright, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Waite, Terry
Wajda, Andzej
Wakefield, Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Wakeham, John
Wakelam, Stephen
Wakeman, Rick
Walcott, Derek (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Walden, Brian (Including set by Jane Bown and an illustration by an unknown artist)
Walden, George
Waldegrave, William (Including set by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert)
Walesa, Lech
Walford, Glen
Walford, Peggy
Walker, Sir Alan (Set by Sally Soames)
Walker, Alice
Walker, Bill (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walker, David
Walker, George A
Walker, Harold
Walker, Martin (Staff)
Walker, Patrick G

box 2:
Walker, Peter
Walker, Rob
Walker, Rodney
Walker, Rudolph (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walker, Sarah
Walker, Tim (Staff)
Walker, Tony
Wall, David
Wall, Jeff
Wall, Max (Including set by Peter Johns)
Wall, Michael
Wall, Pat
Wallace, Babel (Set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Colin
Wallace, George
Wallace, Irving
Wallace, James *
Wallace, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Marjorie (Author) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Marjorie (Miss World)
Wallace, Naomi
Wallace, Vivienne
Wallenda, Karl
Waller, Robert James
Walley, Joan
Walley, Richard
Wallfisch, Rafael
Wallinger, Mark
Wallis, Bill (Including set by Neil Libbert)
Wallis, Edmund A (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallis, Hal (Set by Karsh)
Walmer, Christian
Walmsley, Christopher
Walmsley, Nigel
Walser, Martin
Walsh, Dermot (Set by Houston Rogers)
Walsh, John (Including set Jane Bown)
Walter, Harriet
Walter, Natasha
Walter, Richard (Staff)
Walters, Sir Alan
Walters, Ian
Walters, Julie
Walters, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)

box 3:
Walters, Sam (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walton, Cedar
Walton, Stephen
Walton, Sir William (Including Jane Bown and Erich Auerbach)
Wambaugh, Joseph
Wa Wamwere, Koigi
Wanamaker, Sam
Wanamaker, Zoe
Wandor, Michelene (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wang, Wayne
Warburg, Frederic (Set by Godfrey Macdominic)
Wapshott, Nicholas (Staff)
Warchus, Matthew (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Christopher
Ward, Claire
Ward, David (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Dorothy (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Ian (Set by Eamonn McCabe)
Ward, Dame Irene
Ward, Judith
Ward, John
Ward, Mrs Kate (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Lalla (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Peter
Ward, Rachel
Ward, Ronald
Ward, Simon (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward-Jackson, Adrian (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward-Jackson, Barbara (Staff)
Ward-Jouve, Nichol
Ward-Thomas, Pat (Staff)
Ward-Thompson, Graham (Set by Jane Bown)
Warhol, Andy (Sets by Lorrie Graham, Frank Martin, John Wildgoose, Martin Argles and Kenneth Saunders and E Hamilton West)
Waring, Sir Bertram (Set by Lotte Meitner-Graf)
Warlock, Derek (Set by Jane Bown)
Warner, David (Including sets by Neil Libbert and David Newell Smith)
Warner, Deborah
Warner, Jeremy
Warner, Keith
Warner, Marina
Warnock, Baroness Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
Warrell-Thompson, Anthony
Warren, Earl (Sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Warren, Kenneth
Warren, Tony

box 4:
Warwick, Diana
Washington, Denzel
Wass, Sir Douglas (Set by Jane Bown)
Wassenstein, Wendy (Set by Jane Bown)
Watanabe, Yoko
Waterhouse, Keith
Waterman, Fanny
Waterman, Pete
Waters, Elsie and Doris (Set by Don McPhee)
Waters, Felur (Set by Jane Bown)
Waters, Les
Waterson Sam
Waterstone, Tim
Watkins, Alan (Staff)
Watkins, Lovelace
Watkins, Paul
Watkins, Susan
Watkinson, Lord
Watkinson, David (Staff)
Watson, David
Watson, Catherine (Staff)
Watson, Graham (Set by Jane Bown)
Watson, Dr James
Watt, Tom
Watteu, Natasha
Watts, Andre
Watts, Janet (Staff)
Watts, John
Watts, Murray
Waugh, Auberon (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Waugh, Daisy (Set by Jane Bown)
Waugh, Evelyn (Including sets by Jane Bown, Karsh, and Mark Gerson)
Wavell, General Archibald (Set by Karsh)
Wavell, Stuart (Guardian Staff)
Wax, Ruby
Wayne, John (Set by Kenneth Saunders)
Weale, Sally (Staff)
Wearing, Gillian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wearing, Michael (Set by Neil Libbert)
Weatherill, Bernard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weathers, Felicia
Weaver, Sigourney (Set by Nobby Clark)
Webb, Anthony (Set by Peter Johns)
Webb, Colin
Webb, Justin
Webb, Kaye
Webb, Marti (Set by Jane Bown)
Webb, Bill (Staff)
Weber, Beate
Webley, Mrs (Set by Jane Bown)
Webster, Martin
Webster, Paul
Webster, Paul (Guardian Staff)
Webster, Paul (Observer Staff)
Webster, Ronald (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Webster, William
Wedgwood, Lady (Set by Jane Bown)
Weeks, Honeysuckle (Set by Jane Bown)
Weeks, Judith (Set by Jane Bown)
Weetch, Kenneth
Weidenfeld, Lord (Sets by Jane Bown, Peter Keen and Sue Adler)

box 5:
Weighell, Sidney
Weight, Prof Carel
Weightman, J G (Michael Peto)
Weinberg, Steven
Weinburger, Caspar
Weinstock, Lord
Weir, Gillian
Weir, Judith
Weir, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weiss, George
Weisselberg, Tom (Set by Jane Bown)
Weisz, Rachel
Weizman, Ezer
Welch, Elizabeth (Including set by Jane Bown)
Welch, Julie (Staff)
Welch, Raquel (Sets by David Newell Smith and Peter Johns)
Welch, Robin
Weldon, Fay (Including sets by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark, John Reardon, Richard Mildenhall and Peter Johns)
Welensky, Sir Roy (Including sets by Jane Bown, Stuart Heydinger and Phillip Jones Griffiths)
Welensky, Ron
Welford, Heather (Staff)
Welland, Colin
Wellbeloved, James
Weller, Denise
Weller, Walter
Welles, Orson (Sets by Jack Nisberg and Michael Peto)
Wells, H G (Sets by Karsh and E O Hoppe)
Wells, John
Welsh, Irvine (Including set of transparencies)
Wenders, Wim
Wenham, Brian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wenner, Jann (Set by Karsh)
Wentworth, Richard
Werner Henze, Hans
Wertenbaker, timberlake (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wertmuller, Lena
Wesker, Arnold
Wesley, Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
West, Harry
West, Morris
West, Dame Rebecca
West, Sam (Sets by Jane Bown, Martin Goodwin and Eamonn McCabe)
West, Stephen (Set by Jane Bown)

box 6:
West, Timothy (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Westbrook, Mike & Kate (Including set by Jane Bown)
Westminster, Duke of
Weston, Garfield (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weston, Simon (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weston, Willard (Set by Karsh)
Wexham, Brian (Staff)
Wexler, Haskell (Set by Neil Libbert)
Weymouth, Lord
Wezensky, Roy
Wha-Chung, Kyung
Wharton, Michael (Set by Jane Bown)
Wheat, Sue (Guardian Writer)
Wheeler, Charles
Wheeler, Kenny
Wheeler, Sir Mortimer (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Wheeler, Sarah
Wheeler, Tony
Wheen, Francis (Staff)
Wheldon, Huw (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Keen)
Whewell, Harry (Guardian Staff)
Whicker, Alan
Whiley, Jo (Set by Eamonn McCabe)
Whishaw, Anthony
Whitaker, James
Whitaker, Forest
Whitburn, Vanessa, (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitby, Anthony
White, Aidan
White, Chris
White, Edmund (Including set by Jane Bown)
White, Baroness
White, Lord Gordon
White, Hannah (Set by Jane Bown)
White, Jim (Staff)
White, Marco Pierre (Including set by Jane Bown)
White, Michael (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
White, Michael (Staff)
White, Patrick
White, Phyllis
White, Willard (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Whitehead, Sir Edgar
Whitehead, Rachel (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitehouse, Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitelaw, Billie (Including set by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark and Michael Peto)

box 7:
Whitelaw, William (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith, Bryn Campbell, Don McPhee and un-named illustration)
Whiteley, G (Staff)
Whiteley, RIchard
Whiteread, Pat (Set by Jane Bown)
Whiteread, Rachel
Whitfield, June
Whitfield, Patrick (Set by Jane Bown)
Whiting, John (Image by David Sim)
Whiting, Leonard
Whitlam, Gough
Whitney, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whittaker, Sheila
Whittam-Smith, Andreas
Whittle, Sir Frank
Wigg, Lord (Including set by Jane Bown and David Newell Smith)
Whitty, Larry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whylie, Dwight
Wicks, Ben (Staff)
Widdecombe, Ann (Including set by Jane Bown)
Widdecombe, Gillian (Staff)
Widerberg, Bo
Widgery, David (Jane Bown)
Wiesel, Elie (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wiggin, Jerry
Wigley, Dafydd
Wilbur, Bob
Wilby, Peter (Staff)
Wilcox, Desmond
Wilcox, Paul (Staff)
Wilcox, Paula
Wild, David
Wild, Jude E
Wilde, Dee Dee
Wilder, Billy (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilder, Gene
Wilding, Michael
Wilkins, Gordon (Staff) (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilkins, Margaret (Set by Jane Bown)

box 8:
Wilkinson, Alan
Wilkinson, Peter
Wilkinson, Tom
Wilkonirski, Binjamin
Willard, Barbara
Willetts, David (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Andy
Williams, Prof Bernard
Williams, Mrs Betty
Williams, Bruce
Williams, Clifford
Williams, Emlyn (Theatre) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Emlyn
Williams, Dr Eric
Williams, Evelyn (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Francis (Staff)
Williams, Gordon
Williams, rev H A (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Hugo
Williams, Joe
Williams, John
Williams, Kenneth
Williams, Kit (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Laverne (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Len
Williams, Linda (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Lindy
Williams, Louise (Staff)
Williams, Michael
Williams, Nigel (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Pat (Staff)
Williams, Percy (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Richard (Staff)
Williams, Richard (Illustrator)
Williams, Robin (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Archbishop Rowan (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Shirley (1967-81) (Including sets by Don McPhee, Neil Libbert, Frank Martin, Kenneth Saunders and an unsigned illustration)
Williams, Shirley (1982) (Including sets by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert, and an unsigned illustration)
Williams, Simon
Williams, Tennessee (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Williams-Ellis, Anabel (Set by Peter Johns)
Williams-Ellis, Clough
Williamson, Prof Bob (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, David
Williamson, Malcolm
Williamson, Matthew
Williamson, Nicol
Williamson, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, Sonny 'Boy' (Set by Ray Green)
Williamson, Steve
Williamson, Sir Tom (Including sets by Don McCullin, Michael Peto and Philip Jones Griffiths)

box 9:
Willis, John
Willis, Miss (Set by Jane Bown)
Willis, Norman (Including sets by Jane Bown, Don McPhee, Dennis Thorpe, Roger Hutchings and Judah Passow)
Willis, Paul
Willis, Robert (Set by Peter Keen)
Willner, Hal (Richard Mildenhall)
Willock, Colin (Staff)
Willocks, Tim (Set by Jane Bown)
Willsher, Brian
Wilmer, Clive
Wilmot, Gary (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilmot-Sitwell, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winfrey, Oprah
Wilson, AN (Including sets by Jane Bown and Eamonn McCabe)
Wilson, Sir Alan (Don McCullin and Stuart Heydinger)
Wilson, Alexander (Sets by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Alfred (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Amrit (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Andrew (Staff)
Wilson, Angus (Including sets by Jane Bown and David Sim)
Wilson, August
Wilson, Brian (Including set by Murdo MacLeod)
Wilson, Charles (Newspaper editor)
Wilson, Charles, (Set by Karsh) (US Defence Secretary)
Wilson, Christopher
Wilson, Prof Colin
Wilson, Colin (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, David (Staff)
Wilson, Des (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Gerald
Wilson, Gerald 7 Gareth (Set by Frank Martin)
Wilson, Gordon
Wilson, Harold (1960-63) (Including sets by Don McCullin and Phillip Jones Griffiths)

box 10:
Wilson, Harold (1964-1966) (Including sets by Stuart Heydinger, Colin Jones, David Newell Smith, Peter Johns, Sally Soames, Ian Berry and Ray Green)
Wilson, Harold (1967-69) (Including sets by David Newell Smith, Stuart Heydinger, Bryn Campbell, Neil Libbert and Chris Smith)
Wilson, Harold (1970-73) (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns, Frank Martin, David Newell Smith, Bryn Campbell)
Wilson, Harold (1974) (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns, E Hamilton West, Don McPhee, David Newell Smith, Frank Martin, Kenneth Saunders, Neil Libbert, Anthony Vincent, and Derek Cattani)
Wilson, Harold (1975) (Including sets by Peter Johns, Robert Smithies, Kenneth Saunders, E Hamilton West, Frank Martin and Don Mcphee)
Wilson, Harold (1976) (Including sets by Peter Johns, Frank Martin, E Hamilton West, Eamonn McCabe, Kenneth Saunders and Don McPhee)

box 11:
Wilson, Harold (1977-95) (Including Memorial Service)
Wilson, Jaqueline
Wilson, Kevin (Staff)
Wilson, Lisa (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Mary (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith, E Hamilton West, Peter Johns and Kenneth Saunders)
Wilson, Max (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Paul (Staff)
Wilson, Paul (Staff)
Wilson, Sir Richard (Cabinet Secretary)
Wilson, Richard (Actor)
Wilson, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Richard (Staff)
Wilson, Robert (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Robert Anton (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Sandy (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Scottie (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Snoo (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Tony (Set by Ged Murray including transparencies)
Wilton, Penelope (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Wiltshire, Stephen
Wincer, Simon
Winchester, Simon (Including set by Jane Bown)
Windsor, Barbara (Including sets by Neil Libbert and Peter Johns)
Wing, Anna
Winn, Denise (Set by Jane Bown)
Winner, Michael (Including sets by Jane Bown, Eamonn McCabe and E Hamilton West)
Winstanley, Michael (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winston, Dr Robert (Including sets by Frank Martin and Eamonn McCabe)
Winstone, Ray
Wint, Guy (Staff)
Winter-Bottom, Michael
Winters, Bernie
Winters, Shelley
Winterson, Jeanette (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winton, Tim (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wintour, Charles
Wintour, Eleanor (Set by Jane Bown)*
Wintour, Patrick (Staff)
Wireko, Joe (Set by Jane Bown)
Wisdom, Norman (Including set by Don McPhee)
Wise, Audrey (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wise, Ernie
Wise, Robert
Witheroe, John
Withers, Bill
Witt, Rev Howell (Set by Jane Bown)
Wiwa, Ken
Wodehouse, P G (Agency)
Wodiczko, Krzysztof
Woerner, Manfred

box 12:
Wogan, Terry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woldridge, Max (Observer writer)
Wolf, Naomi
Wolf, Rita
Wolfe, Brian (Set by Tony McGrath)
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfenden, Lord John
Wolff, Dr Charlotte
Wolff, Prof Heinz
Wolff, Tobias
Wolfit, Sir Donald
Wolfit, Margaret (Set by Jane Bown)
Wolfson, Sir Brian (Including set by Sally Soames
Wollaston, Sam (Guardian staff)
Wolmar, Christian (Set by Jane Bown)
Womack, Cecil and Linda
Wombles, The
Wonder, Stevie (Sets by Tony Prime and Allan Titmuss)
Wong, David
Wontner, Sir Hugh (Set by Ian Bradshaw)
Woo, John
Wood, Charles
Wood, David
Wood, Deirdre
Wood, Derek (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Sir Fred (Including sets by Jane Bown, Eamonn McCabe and David Newell Smith)
Wood, Georgie
Wood, Hugh
Wood, John (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Wood, Sir Ken (Set by Sally Soames)
Wood, Michael
Wood, Mrs Muriel (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Peter
Wood, Bishop Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Tricia
Wood, Victoria
Wood, Wilfred
Woodcock, Clive (Guardian staff)
Woodcock, George (Set by Robert Smithies)
Woodcock, George (Including sets by David Newell Smith, Neil Libbert, Tony McGrath, Eric Wadsworth and Peter Johns)
Woodcock, Leonard
Woodeson, Nicholas (Portarit by Richard Mildenhall)
Woodford, Guy
Woodham, Dai (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodhead, Chris
Woodhead, Leslie
Woodhouse, Adrian (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodhouse, Barbara (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woodhouse, Gary (Staff)
Woodlawn, Holly (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woodrow, Bill
Woodrow Wyatt, Lord (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith and David Sim)
Woods, Donald (Including Eamonn McCabe and Peter Johns)
Woodvine, John

box 13:
Woodward, Bob (Set by Neil Libbert)
Woodward, Edward (Including set by Peter Johns)
Woodward, Joanne (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Woodward, Louise
Woodward, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodward, Roger (Set by Tony McGrath)
Woodward, Sarah
Woof, Emily (Set by Dod Miller)
Woolas, Phil
Wooldridge, Susan
Woolf, Lord
Woolf, Virginia (Including old damaged print)
Woollacott, Martin (Guardian Staff)
Woolton, Lord (Including sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Wootton, Baroness (Including sets by Peter Keen and Jane Bown)
Wordsworth, Barry
Worlock, Derek
Worrall, Denis (Including set by Jane Bown)
Worral-Thompson, Anthony
Worrell, Trix
Worsley, Sir William (Set by Peter Keen)
Worsthorne, Peregrine (Including sets by Jane Bown and Eamonn McCabe)
Worth, Harry
Worth, Irene (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Worthy, Johnny
Wouk, Herman (Sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Wozencraft, Kim
Wrigglesworth, Ian
Wright, Bob (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Frank Lloyd (Karsh)
Wright, George (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Gordon (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Dr Helena (Set by Tony McGrath)
Wright, Ian (Staff)
Wright, Jonathan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Jules (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Nicholas
Wright, Patrick
Wright, Sir Peter (Including sets by Jane Bown and Richard Mildenhall)
Wright, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Robert
Wright-Penn, Robin
Wright, Ronald
Wroe, Martin (Staff)
Wrong, Henry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wurtzel, Elizabeth
Wyatt, Robert
Wyatt, Will (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wykeham, Lady Barbara (Set by Jane Bown)
Wyman, Bill
Wyndham, Francis
Wyndham, Joanna (Set by Jane Bown)
Wyngarde, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wyn Jones, Ievan
Wynne, David
Wynne, Greville
Wynne Jones, Diane
Wynn Ellis, Nesta
Wyszynski, Cardinal (Set by Karsh)
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