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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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- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Linklater; Magnus Duncan (1942-); journalist (Subject)
- Morrell; Nicholas J; chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Hammer; Armand (1898-1990); business tycoon (Subject)
- Geller; Uri (1946-); television personality (Subject)
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd; publishers (Subject)
- Jenkins; Roy Harris (1920-2003); Baron Jenkins of Hillhead; politician (Subject)
- Heath; Sir; Edward Richard George (1916-2005); politician (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Wintersgill; Donald (1934-2017); subeditor (Subject)
- National Union of Journalists (1907-); trade union (Subject)
- The Sun (1965-); newspaper (Subject)
- Nuttall-Smith; John; Observer employee (Subject)
- Findlater; Richard (1921-1985); journalist (Subject)
- Macnutt; Derrick Somerset (1902-1971); crossword compiler, pseudonym Ximenes (Subject)