File 82 - Editorial

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OBS/1/2/2/2/82

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Editorial

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  • 1970-1987 (Creation)

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General file concerning editorial content. Includes proposed ideas for articles, features and supplements.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports largely concerning: sports coverage; the property price index; the make-up of the newspaper; the British Press Awards 1985; travel pages; the property section; distribution of the Times; a profile of Armand Hammer; weekend articles; the position of the crossword; drugs in Britain; review schedules; novel serialisations; a home page; future features; recruitment editorials; a Mexico feature; editorial comparison between newspapers; editorial allocation; proposed articles; promotion; quizzes; biographies and memoirs; the Living section; the omission of world weather; April Fool's Day; New Year features; the editorial budget; new series; circulation; a book by Uri Geller; My Life in Pictures by Charlie Chaplin; layout; Sir Geoffrey Jackson; the Bonington expedition to Everest; Weidenfeld, publishers; Roy Jenkins; Averell Harriman memoirs; printing; biography of Ted Heath; Donald Wintersgill; the Observer house agreement with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ); law articles; the Sun; George Jackson interview; architectural features; advertisements; Ralph Nadar; motoring coverage; crossword compiler Ximenes.

Includes notes from editorial review meetings.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Magnus Linklater; Donald Trelford; Nick Morrell; Ken Obank; John Nuttall-Smith; Richard Findlater.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

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