Subjects discussed in this diary include: press coverage of Mary Whitehouse, broadcasting and morality; Margaret Thatcher; work on and publication of book by Mary Whitehouse [ Whatever Happened to Sex?] (published 26 May); Gay News, the Whitehouse v Lemon blasphemy case and its aftermath (discussed in various entries 14 January-16 December); accusations of libel by the Albany Trust (19 January-4 February);…