The Times (Newspaper) (1785-) (London)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1785-
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
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American Taster Tape File, 2019
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/12/2/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to a taster/pilot episode that was made for a proposed American reboot of the satirical puppet television series, Spitting Image. This taster tape/pilot was shot in September 2019. The file holds the following: drafts of scripts for sketches by the showrunner, Jeff Westbrook; computer printouts with copies of caricature drawings by Adrian Teal and photographs of puppet heads; and printouts with articles taken from various online...
Dates:
2019
Conditions Governing Access:
Part closed. One file is closed until 2039, due to containing current or presumed to be current personal phone numbers.
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Bella Pais. Cyprus, 1925 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011H/70
Scope and Contents
A photograph of an ink drawing initialled 'H.B. 1934'. The reverse is annotated: 'Photograph by 'The Times''.
Dates:
1925 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence about a campaign by readers of "The Times", 1979 - 1984
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 1/6/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Comprising correspondence and papers about projects, visits and ideas.
Dates:
1979 - 1984
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Diary and chronology notes, 1900 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 7/3
Scope and Contents
Includes: chronology notes reconstituted from pocket diaries; notes on the history of the Times; extracts of correspondence to and from Lionel James [Times special correspondent], (1901-03); details and extracts of correspondence with [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] (13 October 1899 - 17 April 1903).
Dates:
1900 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
AMEL 7/54-97 pocket diaries are Unfit for Production and Copying
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General Correspondence, 1975 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/7
Scope and Contents
A box containing a bundle of letters, received by Roger Law and Peter Fluck, as part of their professional activities as the partnership, Luck & Flaw. There are also a few copies of letters sent by the partnership. The letters in 1975 straddle the line between Law working by himself and collaborating with Fluck. The years 1982 and 1983 are also a transitional period, when the partnership's activities morph into the wider work of Spitting Image Productions Limited.The topics...
Dates:
1975 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Newspapers and Newsprint Magazines, 1985 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/1/2
Scope and Contents
Issues of and tearsheets from British and international newspapers and large newsprint magazines, which feature interviews with Roger Law and Peter Fluck, along with articles revolving around Spitting Image. There are also articles on the wider activities of Spitting Image Productions Limited. Also present are examples of Spitting Image puppets and other imagery being used to illustrate articles on British politics. The publications...
Dates:
1985 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
Series
Personal correspondence and papers, 1942 - 1984
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRME 13
Scope and Contents
Including letters to "The Times", 1967; a letter to his mother written from Newfoundland [later part of Canada], December 1942; and correspondence and comments from people about Jackie Broome's "Make a Signal" and "Convoy is to Scatter".
Dates:
1942 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Jackie Broome
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Portrait of the late Lord Milner, 1900 - 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/19
Scope and Contents
155 x 207 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854-1925), seated at a desk. Milner served as Under Secretary for Finance in Egypt 1889-92, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue 1892-97, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1897-1901, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony 1901-05, High Commissioner for South Africa 1897-1905, Secretary of State for War 1918-19 and Secretary of State for the Colonies 1919-21. Photograph by The Times.
Dates:
1900 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Portraits
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Press-Cuttings and Website Printouts, c 1998-2019
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/5/1
Scope and Contents
A box containing newspaper (and some magazine) cuttings, both originals and photocopies, along with printouts of pages taken from internet publications and blogs. These items feature articles written by or about Roger Law, and also discuss the legacy of Spitting Image. The following topics are covered, but are not limited to: a 1999 charity sale held at the Bonhams auction house, which featured items donated by Law; two auction sales of Spitting...
Dates:
c 1998-2019
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1909-01 - 1909-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Mary Arnold-Forster; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times] on sales of the Times History of the South African War and the Times's refusal to be associated with it any more (8); Robert Borden on suggestions by LSA for Imperial loans and Canada's share in Imperial defence (2); John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir]; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on subjects including LSA standing for the Bordesley seat [Birmingham, Warwickshire] (2); Joseph Chamberlain,...
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1909-12 - 1910-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Charles] Moberly Bell [Managing Director of the Times]; Henry Birchenough, sympathising with LSA's defeat as candidate for East Wolverhampton [Staffordshire]; Charles Boyd; Thomas Brassey on LSA's ideas for an Imperial Constitution; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on LSA's defeat at Wolverhampton and an Imperial Constitution (3); Joseph Chamberlain on LSA's campaign for Bow and Bromley [London] (2); [Robert] Erskine Childers on his book [? "War and the Arme Blanche"] and...
Dates:
1909-12 - 1910-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1905-01 - 1950-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir William Anson [Warden of All Souls’ College, University of Oxford] on the Beit Imperial History professorship at Oxford (2); [?] William Hewins on putting LSA up as a possible parliamentary candidate for South Manchester (2); P F S Amery (3); Edward Arnold on sales of LSA's "The Problem of the Army"; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on arrangements with the New York Times and Canadian press, sales of the Times History of the South...
Dates:
1905-01 - 1950-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1906-01 - 1906-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Major Albert Andrew on the Times History of the South African War and shortcomings in military training (2); Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on an Army Order reissued by his successor, Richard Haldane and a critical Times review of his book ["The Army in 1906: a Policy and a Vindication"] (2); Arthur Balfour; Jacques Bardoux; Gertrude Bell; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on his concerns about completion of Times History...
Dates:
1906-01 - 1906-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1907-01 - 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on saving the Militia; Robert Baden-Powell on setting up the Boy Scouts; [Charles] Moberly Bell [Assistant Manager of the Times] on the costs of [Robert] Erskine Childers's volume of the Times History of the South African War; Francis Higgins Bernard on local views of Tariff Reform (2); William Bridgeman on Tariff Reform relating to agriculture; Robert Borden [Leader of the Conservative party in Canada] on...
Dates:
1907-01 - 1907-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private and personal letters A - Z, 1908-01 - 1908-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/5/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh Arnold-Forster [former Secretary of State for War] on subjects including writing a series of articles on military matters and thanking LSA for writing a preface [? to Arnold-Forster's "English Socialism of To-Day"] (3); Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [Prime Minister]; Arthur Balfour [Leader of the Conservative Party], on citing trade figures from Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] during a debate (2); Sir Hesketh Bell [Governor of Uganda] on his sleeping...
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
Proposed Documentary on Franchises, 1994 - 1995
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/5/2
Scope and Contents
Three boxes holding a mix of video formats, which contain footage that was filmed and/or collected by Spitting Image Productions Limited in the mid-1990s for a proposed documentary on international Spitting Image franchises. This documentary never went ahead.The following are present:1. A box holding 30 Hi8 camcorder tapes, which contain footage relating to franchises from the following countries: Czech Republic (four tapes), Greece (four...
Dates:
1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
Sub-Series
The Times, 1982 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCPH/2/79/T
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Colour and black and white prints and contact sheets of photographs, mostly publicity shots, of the King’s College Choir and Stephen Cleobury.
Dates:
1982 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some records contain personal information as defined under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998) and will be reserved.
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The Times, 1925 - 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 5/2
Scope and Contents
MAR's letters to the Times, with associated correspondence.
Dates:
1925 - 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Times, 1937 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 5/3
Scope and Contents
MAR's letters to the Times, with associated correspondence.
Dates:
1937 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
The Times, South Africa and "The Problem of the Army", 1881 - 1949
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on LSA's work as a war correspondent for the Times in South Africa, on writing the Times History of the South African War, and also on his articles on tariff reform and army reform, and the subsequent debate on reform of the army and War Office.
Dates:
1881 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Times: correspondence, 1983-12 - 1986-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on interviews with NK.
Dates:
1983-12 - 1986-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Transcript of interview: Peter Jay, 2006
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 102
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2006
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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[Trees in silhouette], 1925 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011H/68
Scope and Contents
A photograph of a group of trees in silhouette against a cloudy sky. Photograph by The Times newspaper.
Dates:
1925 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).