| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OHP/82 |
| Title | Norman Shrapnel |
| Date | 20 November 2001 |
| Extent | 1 minidisc, 1 cd, 1 file, 8 AIFF files (710.6 MB) |
| Creator Name | Shrapnel; Norman (1912-2004); journalist |
| Description | Interview with Norman Shrapnel, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Murray Armstrong on 20 November 2001. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording and an interview summary with track timings.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Disc 1:
Tracks 1-3
Test
Track 4
00.47 Began as general reporter in 1947
00.47 During time in Manchester he did subsidiary theatre and music hall notices
17.30 How he started doing back pagers
Track 5
04.30 On Michael Frayn
07.45 On Harry Boardman
08.15 Meeting Harold Macmillan
Track 7
00.07 Shrapnel was in the gallery when Churchill dropped his cough sweet
02.15 What was a day in the press gallery like?
11.30 On starting to write his sketch
Track 9
00.00 Theatre night-filing
02.55 On Philip Hope-Wallace
06.40 Shrapnel shying away from MPs
06.40 Reviewing modern literature for the Guardian for almost 40 years
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| Access Status | Open |
| Access Conditions | Access cd via GNM Digital Repository |
| Format | Electronic record |
| CD recording |
| Printed document |
| Minidisc recording |
| Copyright | Guardian News & Media Ltd and Norman Shrapnel |
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