| Document Reference Number | ST/15/5 |
| Title | Papers relating to pieces written for the current affairs magazine 'New Statesman'. |
| Description | Manuscript drafts, typescripts, letters and published material.
Much of the material relates to the ficticious teenage diaries of Margaret Thatcher entitled 'The Secret Diary of Margaret Hilda Roberts aged 141/4' (/1-10). The file also includes holograph and typescript drafts of one-off articles written for the magazine, including: and article entitled 'My Schooldays' (/14); a book review of Margaret Thatcher's biography 'Margaret Thatcher. Wife, Mother, Politician' (15); and a diary column written in Sue Townsend's own voice, published in October 2004 (/16). |
| Level | File |
| Date | June 1983-Mar 1984; Oct 2004 |
| Extent | 16 bundles |
| OtherNumber | 894804 |
| Arrangement | The papers related to 'The Secret Diary of the Margaret Hilda Roberts aged 141/4' have been sorted into 11 bundles. Each bundle contains the typescript article, holograph draft and a copy of the published column. Also includes a series of unidentified manuscript pages which have been brought together to form an artificial bundle of draft papers (/11). |
| AccessStatus | Available for general access |