The London interview

Title

The London interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Sep 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:50:31

Description

The London Interview. Lawrence Spicer interviews Patrick Keatley, the Guardian newspaper’s diplomatic correspondent. Keatley says that while he was studying political science at university he survived by selling newspapers door-to-door before becoming a campus correspondent. He was involved in exposing the repatriation of Korean refugees by the Canadian Government after the Korean War. He joined the Manchester Guardian for a year before returning to Canada, but returned to Britain immediately on the invitation of editor Alfred P. Wadsworth. He says he has kept in touch with many of the world politicians whom he has met over the years, including Kenneth Kaunda and Joshua Nkomo, and has been greatly influenced by his former professor, Ivor Jennings. Interview in two parts, divided by break in audio.

Contributors

Lawrence Spicer; Patrick Keatley

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; Journalism; UN; International politics; Joshua Nkomo; Commonwealth of Nations; Commonwealth countries; Refugees; Diplomacy; Julius Nyerere; Journalists; Kenneth Kaunda; Guardian; Korean War (1950-1953); Psychological trauma; Anti-colonialism; Gamal Abdel Nasser; Royal Commonwealth Society; Commonwealth Journalists Association; Ivor Jennings; Alfred Wadsworth; Patrick Keatley

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