Level | Item |
Ref No | OHP/75 |
Title | John Ryan |
Date | 12 June 1998 |
Extent | 1 audio tape, 1 cd, 1 file, 1 AIFF file (687.2 MB) |
Creator Name | Ryan; John Dennis; journalist |
Description | Interview with John Ryan, journalist, later executive editor, for the Guardian. Conducted by Donald Wintersgill on 12 June 1998. 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 00.22 Became sub-editor of the Guardian in 1963 at age 23 00.42 Became deputy chief sub-editor 00.46 Assistant to Alastair Hetherington 01.26 Became executive editor when Alastair Hetherington left 02.30 Left the Guardian in 1976 03.34 Returned to journalism in 1991 with Thompson Foundation, running workshops in underprivileged countries 04.02 Laurence Scott and the financial troubles of 1969 09.18 Describes terms of severance packages
11.35 Alastair Hetherington's passion to save the Guardian 12.54 Discusses Gerard Fay 13.40 Discusses Bernard Ingham 15.45 Journalist unions vs. printing unions 17.30 Describes the ethos of the paper 19.10 Finds that subeditors are mostly forgotten
23.32 Paper divided in two after the London move 24.41 Speaks about how the paper was printed 27.18 How travel between London and Manchester affected the paper
32.50 Discusses Alastair Hetherington's character 39.33 Discusses Geoffrey Taylor
40.29 Mentions Brian Jones, who replaced John Putz 41.46 How the characters of those involved with the Guardian aided it 46.19 Relationship between Alastair Hetherington and Harold Wilson 49.33 Alastair Hetherington's hobbies
52.35 Refers to Iain Macleod's death 55.14 Contrast between Alastair Hetherington and Peter Preston
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Access Status | Open |
Access Conditions | Access to recordingvia GNM Digital Repository |
Format | Electronic record |
CD recording |
Printed document |
Tape recording |
Copyright | Guardian News & Media Ltd and John Ryan |
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