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Series of correspondence with and papers issued to LP Scott, in his role as member of various committees and societies.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Minutes, agenda and related material of committee meetings attended by Roger Harrison.

Most sets of minutes are incomplete, missing either the minutes, agenda or both, but most agenda are annotated by Roger Harrison and include a range of supplementary circulated material.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Selection of newspaper cuttings of Gemini News Service articles relating to commodities.

Subjects covered include: commodity exports by African countries, 1989-1990.

Diagrams and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to commodities.

Subjects covered include: the downward slide of non-fuel commodities, 1988; the world's top ten producers of diamonds, nd and the banana war, 2000.

The cartoon includes multiple depictions of the 'common man' being hit in the face with a pie by various different striking workers, including dustmen, the BBC, the motor industry, the London tubes, and the coal mines. The final frame shows the 'common man' throwing a pie back, but instead of hitting the employer or the striking worker in the face, it hits Harold Wilson in the face.

Individuals featured include: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Douglas Hurd, Paddy Ashdown, Neil Kinnock, Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Tony Benn, Geoffrey Howe, Nigel Lawson, Helmut Kohl, Richard Nixon, Georges Pompidou.

Subjects and events featured include: the European Economic Community, ERM, Brussels, the Maastricht Treaty, the Netherlands, Japan, pollution, fish stocks, sovereignty, the single currency, farmers, budget, subsidies.

Cartoon shows Prime Minister Harold Wilson pulling the lever on a slot machine labelled the "common market". The slot machine has a picture of the face of [French President Valéry Giscard] on it. The slot machine has the words "any *picture of Giscard's face* is wild" (read "any Giscard is wild"). The cartoon probably relates to debates within the UK about whether to remain a part of the European Economic Community in the years 1974-5.

420 x 593mm