| Description | Manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs, letters and published material.
The articles have been brought together to form an artificial file, which includes: copy of '061', a women's magazine based in Manchester, containing an article by Sue Townsend about the meal of her dreams (/1); copy for the 'Daily Mirror based on 'The Queen and I' (/2); an untitled article for 'The Sunday Times' based on 'The Queen and I' featuring an encounter between Diana and Jim Hewitt (/3); an article about Sue Townsend's travels through India for 'The Sunday Times Magazine' (/4); copy for 'The Oldie' about being a grandmother (/5); and 2 commissions from the City Gallery in Leicester to produce catalogue text for 2 exhibitions on handbags and shoes, featuring descriptions of handbags and shoes that she has owned at various poignant periods in her life (/6); article for [unknown] newspaper entitled 'Life on the Margins' (/7); 'The Year I Was...' autobiographical article for Stella magazine (/8); 'My Heartlands' article about the impact of the Labour government on a Leeds council estate (/9); 'The Prize Quiz', quiz questions set by Sue Townsend which appeared in 'The Guardian' during May 2005 (/10); 'It's your funeral' article written for Night&Day magazine in the voice of Adrian Mole, Aged 30 1/4 (/11); 'Back to Leeds, one year on' article about the impact of the Labour government on a Leeds council estate (/12); 'Slim for spring with Adrian Mole' article written for the [Leicester Mercury] in support of a fundraising drive for the Laura Centre (/13). |