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OBS/4/1/1/217
Title
George Melly
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- 1964-1972 (Creation)
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1 file
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Correspondence file relating to Geoge Melly and his work as music reviewer, TV critic, columnist and film critic for the Observer.
Includes contracts for 1965, 1966,1969 anad 1970, letter concerning article suggestions and possible of publishing extracts from Melly's book on pop culture, salary increase letters, letters about role changes, letter of congratulation after 1971 award of critic of the year, letter about his move into the entertainment industry.
Correspondents include KP Obank, Richard Findlater, Peter Crookston, Roger Harrison and David Astor.
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- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Melly; Alan George Heywood (1926-2007); jazz singer, critic and film scriptwriter (Subject)
- Findlater; Richard (1921-1985); journalist (Subject)
- Gibbings; Sir; Peter Walter (1929-2021); chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Crookston; Peter Christian; journalist (Subject)
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