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- 1962-1985 (Creation)
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Includes correspondence from and concerning Findlater.
Other correspondents include: David Astor; Michael Davie; Desmond Goch; John Pringle; Ken Obank; Trevor Huddleston; Laurie Gandar; Donald Trelford; Jeremy Hunt; Nigel Lloyd; James Mitchell; John Cole; Colin Smith; Roger Harrison; John Nuttall-Smith; Iain Lindsay-Smith; Colin Legum; Peter Crookston; Anthony Howard; Richard Burton (copies of old letters); Roly Bain.
Subjects covered include: Findlater's thoughts on The Observer's content and layout; Findlater's work for the paper; arts coverage including architecture, theatre, television, film, and books (including many details of books reviewed or not by The Observer); discussion of individual writers including Kenneth Tynan, Philip French, John Silverlight, Eric [Newby], and AJP Taylor; Findlater's book writing; women's pages; potential articles for the review section; Findlater's financial affairs, including his subscription for the Garrick Club; Findlater's health.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Copyright: Guardian News & Media
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- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Bain; Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985); critic and writer as Richard Findlater (Subject)
- Davie; Michael (1924-2005); journalist and writer (Subject)
- Goch; Desmond; Observer employee (Subject)
- Pringle; John Martin Douglas (1912-1999); journalist (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Huddleston; Ernest Urban Trevor (1913-1998); Archbishop of the Indian Ocean (Subject)
- Tynan; Kenneth Peacock (1927-1980); theatre critic (Subject)
- French; Philip Neville (1933-); writer and broadcaster (Subject)
- Silverlight; John (1919-1995); journalist (Subject)
- Gandar; Laurence; newspaper editor (Subject)
- Newby; George Eric (1919-2006); travel writer (Subject)
- Hunt; Jeremy; journalist and managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Lloyd; Nigel Peregrine (1931-2010); journalist (Subject)
- Mitchell; James Alexander Hugh (1939-1985); publisher (Subject)
- Cole; John Morrison (c1928-2013); journalist (Subject)
- Smith; Colin Roland Francis; journalist (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Nuttall-Smith; John; Observer employee (Subject)
- Lindsay Smith; Iain-Mór; journalist and publisher (Subject)
- Legum; Colin (1919-2003); journalist (Subject)
- Crookston; Peter Christian; journalist (Subject)
- Taylor; Alan John Percivale (1906-1990); historian and journalist (Subject)
- Howard; Anthony Michell (1934-2010); journalist and broadcaster (Subject)
- Burton; Richard (1925-1984); stage and film actor (Subject)
- Bain; David Roualeyn Findlater (1954-); priest (Subject)
- Findlater; Richard (1921-1985); journalist (Subject)