DL/A-Z//SUN TE - [Correspondence with the Sunday Telegraph]

DL/A-Z//SUN TE

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[Correspondence with the Sunday Telegraph]

1987-1988, 1994-2003

13 Letters (typescript)
4 Postcards
1 Fax
2 Invitation

Sunday Telegraph, The
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

20 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between the Sunday Telegraph and Doris Lessing, regarding Margaret Thatcher, an A-Level Russian evening class, and Lessing's book of the year.

DL/A-Z//SUN TE/001 [from Graham Turner of the Sunday Telegraph to Doris Lessing, 19/11/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is writing a feature article on "why it is that the vast majority of the artistic and intellectual community are so hostile to Mrs Thatcher". Asks if Lessing would agree to discuss the subject with him.

DL/A-Z//SUN TE/002 [from Doris Lessing to Graham Turner, 02/12/1987]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Discusses the "hysteria" around Thatcher. Lists the policies she doesn't agree with, with particular attention to how the arts have been affected by cuts. Writes that she does "admire" Thatcher, writing that "someone had to stand up to the trade unions, and she has done it".

DL/A-Z//SUN TE/003 [from Doris Lessing to Graham Turner, 04/12/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to add that she attends a Russian A-Level class, and that they are under threat of closure despite being popular. Implies that this is because of cuts to funding.