Items removed from 1984 diary, 1984
File
MS. 12864/35
Press cuttings and correspondence on subjects including: Mary Whitehouse; pornography; film Scum; books by Mary Whitehouse; Video Recordings Bill; Yes, Minister; video nasties; Spitting Image; campaign to amend the Theatres Act as it applied in the prosecution of Michael Bogdanov and The Romans in Britain; radio programme Feedback presented by Mary Whitehouse; the BBC; tour of Australia; television series The Sea of Faith; violence on television; proposed Private Members' Bills on paedophilia and protection of children (11-23 November).
Correspondents include John Bratby, David Mellor, Bill Deedes, Derek Howe, Stuart Young, Richard Nugent, Edward Streeter, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, David Steel, Margaret Thatcher, John Smyth, Charlie Colchester, Robert [Runcie], Leon Brittan, Michael Alison (on behalf of Margaret Thatcher), Enoch Powell and David Holmes, among others.
Also includes: handwritten poem by A.H. Clough; photocopy of speech by Dennis Howell in a Standing Committee debate on the Video Recordings Bill; cutting from a Wig and Pen Club dinner menu; poem An acknowledgement from Australia to Mrs Mary Whitehouse; programme for Cambridge Union Society debate.
Correspondents include John Bratby, David Mellor, Bill Deedes, Derek Howe, Stuart Young, Richard Nugent, Edward Streeter, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, David Steel, Margaret Thatcher, John Smyth, Charlie Colchester, Robert [Runcie], Leon Brittan, Michael Alison (on behalf of Margaret Thatcher), Enoch Powell and David Holmes, among others.
Also includes: handwritten poem by A.H. Clough; photocopy of speech by Dennis Howell in a Standing Committee debate on the Video Recordings Bill; cutting from a Wig and Pen Club dinner menu; poem An acknowledgement from Australia to Mrs Mary Whitehouse; programme for Cambridge Union Society debate.
Dates
- 1984
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 12864/35
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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