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Freelance journalists tax amnesty (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Teresa Gorman of the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) giving her reaction to the tax amnesty applied to Fleet Street freelance journalists. Female interviewer not identified.
Freelance journalists tax amnesty (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews chartered accountant, David Shaw, about the tax amnesty applied to Fleet Street freelance journalists.
Petroleum company profits (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a spokesman for a British petroleum company (prob. BP) about the latest yearly profits following the Iranian revolution and tanker drivers’ strike. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
New Millwall stadium planned (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a spokesman (not identified - poss. Lewisham councillor) about the plans of Millwall Football Club in South London to build a new community sports facility and new stadium in the area and...
Michael Smith on vasectomies (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Michael Smith, Chief Medical Officer of the Family Planning Association, on the possible impact of vasectomy upon men’s health. Smith reacts to a US study on monkeys which appears to demonstrate a...
Butterfly bomb discovered at Basingstoke museum (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male museum manager(?) describes the discovery of a butterfly bomb at Basingstoke Museum, and its removal and destruction by a bomb disposal team. Male interviewer not identified.
Man died after beating by bouncers (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Matthew Bowles, the brother of a man who died after being beaten up by bouncers, on his plans to launch a campaign to make all bouncers sign a register so as to eliminate the criminal element. Bowles...
Vandals put gas cannisters on railway tracks (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
British Rail spokesman Maurice Holmes describes how vandals are placing gas canisters on railway tracks and how, if hit by a train, this could result in an explosion. Holmes says the British Transport Police...
Bertram Bowyer on reform in House of Lords (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative Whip in the House of Lords, Bertram Bowyer (Lord Denham) on rules inside the House of Lords and the possibility of future reform. He adds that the House of Lords is more civilised than the House...
Alan Richards on Albert Einstein (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Photographer Alan Richards, author of Einstein As I Knew Him (published on the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s birth), describes meeting the scientist Albert Einstein in 1944 and taking his picture during...