Press cuttings, 1980-09 - 1986-05
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Falklands War; devolution for Northern Ireland; comments on nuclear defence by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, in his Christmas sermon, 1982, and worsening relations between the Church and the Conservative Party; Britain's reaction to the American invasion of Grenada; the Harrods car bomb, planted by the IRA; calls for the resignation of James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, over the Maze Prison breakout; the deaths of Sir Hugh Fraser and Lord Macmillan of Ovenden; the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex] by the IRA.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-09 - 1986-05
Creator
- From the Fonds: Amery, Harold Julian, 1919 - 1996 (Baron Amery of Lustleigh, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
Extent
1 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 611
Finding aid date
2014-08-21 10:28:07.473000+00:00
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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