Level | Item |
Ref No | OHP/42 |
Title | Frank Keating |
Date | 19 November 2001 |
Extent | 1 minidisc, 1 cd, 1 file, 2 AIFF files (584.4 MB) |
Creator Name | Keating; Frank ([1938]-2013); sports journalist |
Description | Interview with Frank Keating, sports journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Stephen Moss on 19 November 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Track 1 Test Track 2 00.10 Joined the Guardian in 1962 - had to choose between the BBC and the Guardian 02.00 Wanted to become a foreign correspondent. 02.20 Life before the Guardian - hitch-hiked round France and had travel stories published in local paper 05.45 Lists previous subbing experiences at various local papers, and African experiences 08.00 Joined Guardian as sub on the foreign desk 'because he'd been to Africa'
10.00 Crazy social whirl with the subs in London - bachelor/bed-sit life. 12.00 Sense of trauma when the paper moved to London 13.00 Numbers of subs on paper 13.00 Everyone did numerous jobs,Guardian paid less than on other papers 15.30 Talks about good atmosphere in the office 15.45 Got a job for ITV after 18 months subbing at the Guardian 19.00 Talks about joys of expenses, and being able to hire 'dolly-bird' secretaries
21.30 Got engaged to one of his secretaries, Anne Robinson. Relationship lasted maybe 9 months 22.30 Becoming a football writer 25.00 Friends sports writing in the summer and working for ITV rest oif the year 26.00 Joined sport staff at the Guardian in 1971 - approx 10 people working there at the time 26.00 John Samuel as sport editor and how he reintroduced racing coverage
30.00 Wrote by day, subbed by night. Everyone did it that way on the sports desk 32.00 Various offers of employment from other newspapers. 32.00 Reasons for staying at the Guardian 36.00 Talks about tensions within the department 36.00 Different roles in the process of covering sport
47.00 John Samuel was sports editor until 1987, when Mike Averis took over. Different style of editor. 49.00 Talks about the way his role changes
50.30 Thrown out of South Africa in 1980 - went without a work permit 53.00 Talks about David Frost's style of writing - dry, austere, and technically excellent about rugby
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Access Status | Open |
Access Conditions | Access to recording via GNM Digital Repository |
Format | Electronic record |
CD recording |
Printed document |
Minidisc recording |
Copyright | Guardian News & Media Ltd and Frank Keating |
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