Subseries 5 - John Simpson: Journalist Notebooks - 2010s

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MCPP/JS/1/5

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John Simpson: Journalist Notebooks - 2010s

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  • 2010-2020 (Creation)

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16 volumes, paper

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Simpson, John Cody Fidler (1944-present), journalist, foreign correspondent and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(9 August 1944 - present)

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16 notebooks in which John Simpson wrote questions and answers, notes on briefings, and interviews covering domestic and foreign policy. The subject areas covered are:

Afghanistan
Egypt
Libya
Death of Osama bin Laden
Ratko Mladić's trial
Aung San Suu Kyi
Cairo
Beirut
Kabul
Syria
Kin Jang-il
Nigeria
Cuba
Iraq
Gaza
David Cameron
Crimea
Funeral of Nelson Mandela
Kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram
Death of Robert Mugabe

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Please note that the notebooks may be closed due to Data Protection considerations

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