Level | Item |
Ref No | OHP/102 |
Title | Donald Wintersgill |
Date | 2 June 2003 |
Extent | 1 minidisc, 2 cds, 1 file, 12 AIFF files (1.34 GB) |
Creator Name | Wintersgill; Donald (1934-2017); subeditor |
Description | Interview with Donald Wintersgill, subeditor for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 2 June 2003. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Disc 1: Track 1 01.10 Position at the Glasgow Evening Times and postgraduate study in journalism in America 02.10 Hired to work in Manchester, after 18 months moved to London 02.20 Interview with Eric Knotts for sub-editors position 02.40 Old fashioned nature of Manchester office and practices 06.30 Misprints in paper 07.30 Employee pay compared to other newspapers 08.50 Decision to move to London
10.00 Dichotomy at the newspaper with foreign news desk based in Manchester and home news based in London 10.00 Diffculty filling role of foreign news desk editor 11.45 Remembers Terrence Pretty, diplomatic correspondent in Bonn 13.40 Alastair Hetherington views on Vietnam war 15.00 Hetherington as editor 19.30 Backbench duties
22.50 Obituary of Evelyn Waugh 23.30 Limited resources available to the newspaper 25.00 Sale room contributions to the newspaper and negotiating rate of pay
Track 2 00.00 Peter Preston's editorship from 1975 04.40 Unrelenting work of sub-editors and air of unhappiness 06.15 Hetherington's divorce 09.00 *
Track 3 00.00 Vacancy for Labour correspondent filled by John Torrode over Bernard Ingham 02.20 Torrode's move to Daily Mail 02.45 Discussion about memorable colleagues including Jean Stead 05.15 Staff leaving including Terry Coleman and Peter Cole 06.00 Difference in employment between London and Manchester offices 06.30 Remembers Victor Jorges 08.30 Position in Syndication department from 1973 08.30 Arrival of electronic transmission resulted in material being syndicated worldwide 09.50 Teaching of journalism abroad for the Thompson Foundation
10.10 Authorship of Guardian Book of Antiques 11.45 Discussion about current books being written 13.20 Scottish readership and lack of coverage of Scottish subjects 14.40 * 16.00 * 16.45 Tim Radford moved to Science Editorship whilst Richard Gott took over Literary Editorship 17.10 Resignation of Richard Gott
Track 4 00.00 Remembers Cricket tours and refers to Frank Keating and Derek Malcolm
Track 5 00.00 Advertisement of Sotheby's reduced following article by Wintersgill 01.10 Reaction by Preston 01.30 Sotheby's reaction of articles in other publications
Track 6 00.00 Printing press in Isle of Dogs
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Access Status | Open(part) |
Access Conditions | Restricted - access to edited copy via GNM Digital Repository |
Format | Electronic record |
CD recording |
Printed document |
Minidisc recording |
Copyright | Guardian News & Media Ltd and Donald Wintersgill |
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