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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political research conversations held with individuals during 1976. Participants were specifically interviewed about the events surrounding General Election, February 1974.

The conversations are with the following people:

Peter Walker, 20 January 1976
Nigel Lawson, 20 January 1976
James Prior, 21 January 1976
Michael Wolff, 21 January 1976 - CLOSED
Chris Patten, 21 January 1976 - CLOSED
Willie Whitelaw, 22 January 1976
[Peter] Carrington, 23 January 1976
Joe Haines, 27 January 1976
Ian Gilmour, 28 January 1976
[Mark] Schreiber, 29 January 1976
Willie Whitelaw, 29 January 1976
Draft of writing by Tom Boardman about the events prior to General Election, February 1974, dated January 1976

Lord Jellicoe, 4 February 1976
James Prior, 4 February 1976
Brendon Sewill, 4 February 1976 - CLOSED
William Armstrong, 5 February 1976
Ronnie Mackintosh, 6 February 1976
Len Murray, 6 February 1976
William Waldegrave, 10 February 1976 - CLOSED

Chris Patten, 21 April 1976

Adam Ridley, 9 September 1976

Maurice Macmillan, undated
Robert Carr, undated - CLOSED*
Kenneth Baker, undated
Derek Robinson, undated
Bob Huston, undated
Lord Campbell of Croy, undated
Jeremy Thorpe, undated
S Vincent, undated
George Hutchinson, undated
John Davies, undated
Geoffrey Howe, undated
Derick Ezra, undated
David Madel, undated
Bert Ramelson, undated
Joe Godber, undated
Frank Figgures, undated
'CH' undated*
David Basnett, undated
Sid Greene, undated
Joe Gormley, undated
'A civil servant' undated
John Mackintosh, undated
Tom Boardman, undated
Notes on Ted Heath

Related papers include:

An edited digest of interviews conducted
A detailed timeline compiled from research of the political events of 8 November 1973 - 7 February 1974
Handwritten research notes
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1980.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 2 January 1980
Chris Patten, 3 January 1980
Notes on Downing Street reception, 17 January 1980
Bill Rodgers, 18 January 1980
Francis Pym, 22 January 1980

Chris Patten, 'early' February 1980
Barney Hayhoe, 5 February 1980
David Steel, 26 February 1980

Ian Gilmour, 7 March 1980
David Owen, 20 March 1980
Jim Prior, 27 March 1980
David Howell, 28 March 1980

Ian Gilmour, 26 April 1980
'Thoughts on the economy' after lunches with Kenneth Baker and Chris Beauman, 30 April 1980

Roy Hattersley, 7 May 1980*

David Marquand, 3 June 1980
Bill Rodgers, 4 June 1980
Chris Patten, 5 June 1980
David Owen, 6 June 1980
Shirley Williams, 6 June 1980

Jim Prior, 15 July 1980
John Hoskyns, 26 July 1980

Bernard Donoughue, 3 September 1980
Jim Prior, 18 September 1980
Janet Young, 23 September 1980

John Biffen, 8 October 1980
Chris Patten, 8 October 1980
Peter Walker, 17 October 1980

Ian Gilmour, 5 November 1980
Jim Prior, with attached newspaper cutting from The Times about interest rates, 8 November 1980
Typescript of extract from speech by Enoch Powell about inflation, 14 November 1980
John Biffen, 14 November 1980
Francis Pym, with attached newspaper cutting from Financial Times about Geoffrey Howe and the economy, 18 November 1980
'PC' 20 November 1980
David Steel, 25 November 1980

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
The economy
Government defence policy
James Callaghan and his leadership of the Labour party
The Liberal party
British Steel workers strike
Europe
Political situation in Iran
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2Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1986.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 5 January 1986
Barney Hayhoe, 5 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 5 January 1986
John Biffen, 12 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 12 January 1986
Douglas Hurd, 14 January 1986
Chris Patten, 26 January 1986
John Biffen, 26 January 1986
'BI' 27 January 1986
William Whitelaw, 28 January 1986

Ian Gilmour, 2 February 1986
Francis Pym, 2 February 1986
Michael Mates, 2 February 1986
Simon Jenkins, 6 February 1986
John Cunningham, 19 February 1986
Bernard Ingham, 20 February 1986*
William Waldegrave, 24 February 1986
Chris Patten, 25 February 1986

Geoffrey Howe, 11 March 1986
David Steel, 19 March 1986

Roy Hattersley, 10 April 1986*

Norman St John Stevas, 13 May 1986
Francis Pym, 20 May 1986
David Howell, 21 May 1986

John Burgh, 2 June 1986
Ian Gilmour, 25 June 1986

[John] Wakeham, 1 July 1986
Kenneth Baker, 14 July 1986
Peter Shore, 15 July 1986
Peter Middleton, 21 July 1986*
Patricia Hewitt, 23 July 1986
Bob Worcester, 23 July 1986
William Waldegrave, 29 July 1986

Bernard Donoughue, 28 August 1986

Tim Bell, 8 September 1986*

Cecil Parkinson, 9 October 1986*

Chris Patten, 9 November 1986
John Biffen, 10 November 1986
Article from The Listener Magazine about 'The art of dressing as a prime minister', 20 November 1986
Peter Middleton, 26 November 1986*

William Waldegrave, 10 December 1986

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Government education policy
Forthcoming general election
The Westland affair and subsequent resignations
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
Europe
Political situation in Ireland
Creator: DS/UK/122

Correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young in his capacity as political columnist of the Guardian during 1984-1985.

The letters are predominantly from members of the public to comment on the content, views and writing of Hugo Young's Guardian columns.

Also includes personal correspondence from family, friends and colleagues, professional letters concerning work and appointments, including papers relating to freelance employment, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, correspondence from publishers and internal Guardian correspondence.

Includes letters to comment on work and writing, make appointments or send wishes from:
Tony Benn
Roy Jenkins
Shirley Williams
David Owen
Anthony Lester
David Selbourne
Lord Hunt of Tanworth
Kenneth Baker
Michael Meadowcroft
James Callaghan
John Selwyn Gummer
Sir Thomas Hetherington
Robert Maclennan
David Marquand
Richard Holme
Creator: DS/UK/122

Correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young in his capacity as political columnist of the Guardian during 1986-1987.

The letters are predominantly from members of the public to comment on the content, views and writing of Hugo Young's Guardian columns.

Also includes personal correspondence from family, friends and colleagues, professional letters concerning work and appointments, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, correspondence from publishers and internal Guardian correspondence.

Includes letters to comment on writing or send wishes from:
Aubrey Jones
Peter Snow
Sir Peter Hordern
Claire Tomalin
Maurice Saatchi
Raymond Seitz
David Owen
David Lipsey
Norman St John-Stevas
Jack Straw
Francis Pym
Ian Gilmour
Kenneth Baker
Alistair Burt
Richard Ryder
Neil Kinnock
Hugh Dykes

Also:
John Tusa, on becoming managing director of the BBC World service, 28 April 1986.
Creator: DS/UK/122

Personal correspondence sent to and from Hugo Young during 1989-1990.

Includes correspondence from friends and colleagues, letters from family members, letters from members of the public in response to his writing and letters from students asking for assistance with research. Also includes many wishes from friends, family and colleagues on his engagement and marriage to Lucy Waring.

Also includes professional letters concerning work and appointments, comments from colleagues on his writing, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, correspondence with charitable organisations Hugo Young supported, correspondence from publishers and internal Guardian correspondence.

There are also personal letters to send thanks and wishes, comment on writing or involvement in professional projects, or to discuss former appointments or arrange new ones, from:
David Cornwell
Bernard Ingham
James Callaghan
Dominic Lawson
Julian Amery
Kenneth Baker
Anthony Seldon
Nicholas Owen
Chris Patten
Ian Gilmour

Also includes correspondence in March 1990, mainly from other journalists commenting on Hugo Young's writing about the execution of Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft in Iraq. These include letters from John Pilger and Simon Hoggart.
Creator: DS/UK/122

Correspondence from family, friends, colleagues and members of the public sent to Hugo Young after reading his book 'One of Us' There is also correspondence regarding a series of TV programmes called 'The Thatcher Factor' based on 'One of Us' and correspondence from publishers, including enclosed reviews.

Includes letters from:
David Cornwell
Kenneth Baker
Ian Gilmour
Patrick Cormack
John Biffen
Raymond Seitz
Cardinal Basil Hume
Giles Radice

Also includes:

Press clippings collected by Macmillan publishers, January 1989

Copy of House of Commons Order Paper for 14 March 1989

Invite card to the launch of 'One of Us' with draft list of people invited, 10 April 1989

Flyer for 'The Thatcher Factor' TV programmes, broadcast in April 1989

Information booklet and programme (printed on a replica book jacket of 'One of Us') for the Yorkshire Post 1988 Book of the Year Award, attended by Hugo Young on 13 April 1989 (2 copies)
Also includes cutting of the report of the event printed in the Yorkshire Post, and three photographs taken at the event for the newspaper article (in separate file in photo store)

The photographs are of:
Hugo Young, signing a copy of 'One of Us' (black and white)
Hugo Young with Rev Fred Secombe and Carol Drinkwater (black and white)
Hugo Young with Rev Fred Secombe, Shusha Guppy, William Trevor and Carol Drinkwater (black and white)
Creator: DS/UK/122

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

File entitled 'People:Part II' by Hugo Young

Contains papers used when researching individuals for his book 'One of Us'

Includes:
Letter from Kenneth Baker to Hugo Young, with enclosed document, 7 November 1986
Transcript of Radio 4 broadcast 'The week in Westminster' presented by Hugo Young, 2 February 1985
Transcript of BBC Radio programme 'Saturday Briefing', 4 December 1982
Copy of speech by Francis Pym, 29 March 1983
Copy of speech by Michael Heseltine, 11 February 1984
Copy of speech by John Biffen, 19 April 1985
Copy of speech by John Biffen, 17 May 1985
Newspaper cuttings and magazine articles
Creator: DS/UK/122

File entitled 'Journal Notes for Part III' by Hugo Young, containing transcripts with handwritten notes of interviews and informal conversations with individuals. These were used as research when writing his book 'One of Us'.

The conversations are with the following people:

Keith Joseph, 3 November 1981

Bernard Ingham, 10 February 1982*

John Biffen, 9 March 1982
Peter Carrington, 18 March 1982

Alan Walters, 27 April 1982

Tim Lankester, 13 July 1982
Michael Heseltine, 20 July 1982
Bernard Ingham, 27 July 1982*

Cecil Parkinson, 8 September 1982*

Jim Prior, 14 October 1982

Douglas Wass, 28 December 1982

Francis Pym, 6 January 1983

Maurice Saatchi, 10 February 1983
Bernard Ingham, 17 February 1983*

Francis Pym, 6 May 1983
Bernard Ingham, 26 May 1983*

Ian Gilmour, 7 July 1983
Sir Robert Armstrong, 8 July 1993
Jim Prior, 21 July 1983

Chris Patten, 28 September 1983

Cecil Parkinson, 15 October 1983 (off the record)*
David Goodall, 18 October 1983
Cecil Parkinson, October 1983*
Weinstick, 20 October 1983

'Glimpses of Thatcher' 2 November 1983
Clive Saville, 15 November 1983

John Biffen, 17 January 1984

Chris Patten, 4 February 1984
John Biffen, 29 February 1984

Cecil Parkison, 11 March 1984*

Alistair Macalpine, 9 May 1984

Jim Prior, 13 June 1984
Simon Jenkins, 13 June 1984

Chris Patten, 5 July 1984

Lord Jellicoe, 15 August 1984

Michael Quinlan, 14 November 1984
Chris Patten, 23 November 1984

Chris Priestley, 24 January 1985

Grey Gowrie, 12 February 1985
David Howell, 12 February 1985

Kenneth Baker, 26 March 1985

Michael Quinlan, 14 May 1985
John Gummer, 24 May 1985
Jim Prior, 28 May 1985

Tom King, 10 June 1985
Alan Clark, 10 June 1985
John Patten, 11 June 1985
Barney Hayhoe, 13 June 1985
Ian Gilmour, 13 June 1985

Simon Jenkins, 13 October 1985
Raymond Seitz, 23 October 1985

Bill Heseltine, 8 January 1986

Michael Heseltine, 15 April 1986

David Goodall, 28 May 1986

Tristan Garel-Jones, 24 June 1986

Commonwealth Conference, 5 August 1986

Peter Carrington, 22 February 1987

David Goodall, 17 March 1987
Ted Smyth, 25 March 1987

Ted Smyth, 23 November 1987

Michael Alison, 17 May 1988
Creator: DS/UK/122