Papers of Alastair Hetherington 1866-2000

Hetherington, Alastair

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Hector Alastair Hetherington, 1919-1999, was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He spent the second world war in the Royal Armoured Corps and in 1946 joined the editorial staff of the Glasgow Herald . He left in 1950 to join the Manchester Guardian where he was assistant editor and foreign editor 1953-1956 and editor 1956-1975. After he left the Guardian , he went into television, becoming controller of BBC Scotland 1975-1978 and manager of BBC Highland 1979-1...

Guardian News & Media Limited ( 1967-ongoing)

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Staff memoirs have been collected to record the memories of people who have worked for either the Guardian or the Observer. This project began in 2001. From the guide to the Guardian & Observer staff memoirs, 1997-2002, (Guardian News & Media Archive) ...

Alastair Hetherington (1919-1999

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Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Hetherington became a student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1938. In 1942 Hetherington was commissioned in the Royal Army Corps. He took part in the Normandy landings as a tank corps major. On behalf of the British control commission, he set up a quality newspaper, Die Welt, in Hamburg for the British zone in 1945. His position was editorial controller and he remained in this position until his discharge in autumn 1946. ...

The Guardian, newspaper ( 1821-ongoing)

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