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Illustration originally accompanying an article titled 'Confront the demon' by Jonathan Freedland, published in the Guardian, 24 April 2002. The article discusses the defeat of the left in France who must pick between two right wing candidates for the 2002 French presidential election. The illustration shows a demonic figure crawling out of a ballot box, terrifying a man below.

Edward Heath and Vic Feather stand back-to-back, each holding a pistol as if preparing for a duel; Heath says "Confrontation? I see no confrontation...".

News: 28 July: Union leaders expressed their objections to statutory pay restraint at a meeting at Downing Street.
News: 31 July: The Prime Minister said he was hopeful of getting agreement with the TUC and CBI on Phase Three of the Government's counter-inflationary measures.

Photographs selected from the Gemini Photograph Library related to Congo.
GP897-899 Slides of British garments worn in the Congo. From Sara Errington.
GP900 Robert Gardiner with Sture C Linner his predcessor 1962.
GP901 Patrice Lumumba, Congo Prime Minister 1960.
GP902 Kasavubu President of Congo and Dag Hammersjkold.

Maps, charts and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to the Congo.

Subjects include:
Great lakes region

Written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda including: political figures, officials and journalists; list of powers of the Central Bureau [the Congo]; the Force Publique; provinces; the economy in Katanga state and the Congo including taxes, exports and relations with Belgium; the history of the Congo; universities; lists of foreign dignitaries; the UPC [Uganda People's Congress]; the Ugandan economy; tea production in Uganda; and expenses.

Names featured include: Lieutenant General [Emile] Janssens, [Patrice] Lumumba, David Frost; Chief Mwata Yamvo, Paramount of Lunda, [Joseph] Kasa-Vubu, [Levi] Eshkol and AK Sempa.

Transcribed by Pat Elliot in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archives' Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook.

Notebook, written mostly in longhand with some shorthand, containing notes on: the IUCN [International Union for Conservation of Nature] 8th General Assembly held in Nairobi, Kenya in September 1963 including discussions on endangered species and the destruction of habitats; ethnic groups in Ngong, Kenya; aid to The Republic of the Congo; Irish troops in Katanga; and Nigeria including political parties, census (October 1963) and education.

Names featured include: Sir Hugh Elliot, Noel Simon, François Bourlière, Peter Scott, [Dr Ed Graham], Dr Coolidge, André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, Aminu Kano, [Abubakar Tafawa] Balewa, Ahmadu Bello, Dr SA Aluko, Gambo Sawaba, Tony Kirk-Green, George Shepherd and Ignatius Musazi.

Transcribed by Pauline Thomas in 2021 as part of the Clyde Sanger shorthand transcription project with funding from The National Archive’s Collaborate and Innovate Testbed Fund. The pdf transcription document also contains a digitised copy of the notebook