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- 1981 (Creation)
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Includes correspondence between Terry Kilmartin and Miriam Gross and the following individuals or their representatives: Sir Victor Pritchett, Lord Annan, Philip Larkin, Harold Pinter, Stephen Spender, Tom Stoppard, Angus Wilson, Sir Isaiah Berlin, Edna O'Brien, Sir Alfred Ayer, Arthur Koestler, Doris Lessing, Stuart Hampshire, Graham Greene, Anthony Burgess, Anthony Kenny.
Also includes proofed contributions from some of the above and AJP Taylor, Clive James, Anthony Howard, Martin Amis, Hermione Lee, John Kenyon, Peter Conrad, Margaret Drabble, Paul Bailey, Anthony Thwaite, Al Alvarez, Peter Porter, Michael Foot, Lorna Sage, Mary McCarthy, Ian McEwan, Hilary Spurling, Malcolm Muggeridge, Diana Cooper, Naomi Lewis, Edward Crankshaw, Philip French and Christopher Wordsworth.
Also includes list of people asked.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin
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Copyright: Various copyrights
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- Kilmartin; Terence Kevin (1922-1991); literary editor (Subject)
- Gross; Miriam Marianna (1939-); Lady Owen; editor and journalist (Subject)
- Pritchett; Sir; Victor Sawdon (1900-1997); knight, author and critic (Subject)
- Annan; Noel Gilroy (1916-2000); Baron Annan; historian (Subject)
- Larkin; Philip Arthur (1922-1985); poet and novelist (Subject)
- Pinter; Harold (1930-); actor, playwright and director (Subject)
- Spender; Sir; Stephen Harold (1909-1995); knight, poet and critic (Subject)
- Stoppard; Sir; Tom (1937-2025); playwright and novelist (Subject)
- Wilson; Sir; Angus Frank Johnstone (1913-1991); knight, author (Subject)
- Berlin; Sir; Isaiah (1909-1997); knight, historian and philosopher (Subject)
- O'Brien; Edna; writer (Subject)
- Ayer; Sir; Alfred Jules (1910-1989); philosopher (Subject)
- Koestler; Arthur (1905-1983); author and journalist (Subject)
- Lessing; Doris May (1919-); author (Subject)
- Hampshire; Sir; Stuart Newton (1914-2004); philosopher (Subject)
- Greene; Graham (1904-1991); author (Subject)
- Wilson; John Anthony Burgess (1917-1993); writer (Subject)
- Taylor; Alan John Percivale (1906-1990); historian and journalist (Subject)
- James; Clive Vivian Leopold (1939-2019); writer and broadcaster (Subject)
- Howard; Anthony Michell (1934-2010); journalist and broadcaster (Subject)
- Amis; Martin Louis (1949-); author (Subject)
- Kenyon; John Philipps (1927-1996); historian (Subject)
- Drabble; Margaret (1939-); author (Subject)
- Alvarez; Alfred (1929-); poet and author (Subject)
- Porter; Peter Neville Frederick (1929-); freelance writer, poet (Subject)
- Foot; Michael Mackintosh (1913-2010); politician and writer (Subject)
- Sage; Lorna (1943-2001); journalist and critic (Subject)
- McCarthy; Mary (1912-1989); writer (Subject)
- Muggeridge; Thomas Malcolm (1903-1990); journalist (Subject)
- Lewis; Naomi; writer (Subject)
- Crankshaw; Edward (1909-1984); historian and political commentator (Subject)
- French; Philip Neville (1933-); writer and broadcaster (Subject)
- Wordsworth; Christopher (1914-1998); Observer sports and literary reviewer (Subject)
- Kenny; Sir; Anthony John Patrick (1931-); knight and philosopher (Subject)
- Lee; Hermione (1948-); professor of English literature and president of Wolfson College, Oxford (Subject)
- Conrad; Peter John (1948-); writer (Subject)
- Bailey; Peter Harry (1937-2024); freelance writer and radio broadcaster (Subject)
- Thwaite; Anthony Simon (1930-); poet (Subject)
- McEwan; Ian Russell (1948-); author (Subject)
- Spurling; Susan Hilary (1940-); biographer and journalist (Subject)
- Cooper; Diana Olivia Maud (1892-1986); Viscountess Norwich; socialite and actress (Subject)