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32 results found for '"Andrew Neil"' in Contributors.
City week (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
City Week, presented by Tom Maddocks, looks back at recent financial issues. Coverage includes reaction to Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s decision to abolish exchange controls; trimming back of the...
John Draper on Sunday Times dispute (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
John Draper reports on the Sunday Times dispute, which stems from the reorganisation of the library. Library staff have traditionally been members of the clerical section of the print union SOGAT (Society of...
Mark Thatcher Oman scandal (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil on the story that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s husband, Denis Thatcher, is a signatory to the account of a business owned by her son, Mark Thatcher, in the wake of the...
Andrew Neil justifies Sunday Times royal story (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Sunday Times editor, Andrew Neil defends his paper’s story on the Queen’s attitude to Commonwealth affairs. A source within Buckingham Palace has been feeding the press stories about the Royal Family,...
Andrew Neil defends Sunday Times stories (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Sunday Times editor, Andrew Neil defends his paper’s story on the Queen’s attitude to Commonwealth affairs. A source within Buckingham Palace has been feeding the press stories about the Royal Family,...
Andrew Neil on alleged row between Downing Street and Buckingham Palace (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil on an alleged row between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Buckingham Palace, about South Africa. He refuses to reveal his sources. Male interviewer not identified.
Government loses Spycatcher appeal (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report by Linda Duffin on the government losing its appeal for a permanent ban on press reports of material from the book, Spycatcher, by former MI5 officer Peter Wright. Includes interviews reacting to the...
Spycatcher serialized - Law Lords overturn injunction (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
In his controversial book, Spycatcher, former MI5 agent Peter Wright voiced his suspicions that former head of MI5, Sir Roger Hollis was a Soviet spy. Attempts by the British Government to have the book...
Spycatcher ruling - Reaction (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Law Lords have ruled that Peter Wright’s book, Spycatcher can be serialised in British newspapers. The ruling has implications for Margaret Thatcher’s government which is reforming the Official Secrets...
Offer Saddam a deal to avoid war, says Edward Heath (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Andrew Neil reports on press reaction to comments made by former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Edward Heath, that negotiations should be made with Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, following his...