DL/A-Z//VOG - [Correspondence with Vogue]

DL/A-Z//VOG

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[Correspondence with Vogue]

1992-1993, 1996

2 Letters (typescript)
1 Fax

Vogue
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

3 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Vogue and Doris Lessing, regarding ESP and the occult.

DL/A-Z//VOG/001 [from Doris Lessing to the Editor of Vogue, 09/05/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Asks the editor to note for future reference that Lessing is "not and never was interest in ESP [extrasensory perception] and occult", following from a recent article published. Writes that "I don't think you can have any idea of the trouble I have with this kind of thing".

DL/A-Z//VOG/002 [from Deborah Hutton, Health Editor of Vogue, to Doris Lessing, 28/01/1993]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Asks if a 1992 photograph of Lessing could be reproduced in an upcoming publication about attitudes to ageing in women. Lessing handwrites a "please say yes" note to Brie Burkeman, agency assistant.

DL/A-Z//VOG/003 [from Helga M. Colle Tiz of German Vogue to Doris Lessing, 11/01/1996]

Repeats a request for an interview. Lessing handwrites on the fax "no" in reply.