General
articles about NMM Entries here are in date order, rather than the alphabetic order of the "print items". |
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up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later | ||||
J0300 | "A Woman of the Day" (article "from a correspondent") | |||
17 Dec 1928 | pp 6 of "The Yorkshire Post" | |||
J0500 | "Naomi Mitchison" (portrait) | |||
30 May 1931 | pp ?645 of "Time and Tide" (v??.#??) Illustration: Full page portrait of NMM by Wyndham Lewis |
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J0600 | "An Impression of Two Women Novelists: Naomi Mitchison & G B Stern" (article by Coralie Clarke Rees) | |||
13 Mar 1934 | pp 3 of "The West Australian" (newspaper) Paper is published in Perth (WA) and the article is dated: - London, 11 Feb 1934. |
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J0630 | "Naomi Mitchison" (portrait) | |||
Dec 1934 | pp ?? of "Bookman Christmas 1934"
(v??.#??) Illustration: Full page drawing of NMM by Everington |
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J0700 | "Valentine, Youngest Daughter of Naomi Mitchison" (uncredited article) | |||
15 Feb 1935 | pp 4 of "The Daily Express" An article in the "Other People's Children" series - detailing a day in the life of Val Mitchison. Illustration: Photograph of VM riding a donkey. |
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up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J1000 | "My Favourite Forgotten Book" (article by Henry Treece) | |||
Jul 1951 | pp 59-61 of "Tomorrow" (v10.#11) | |||
J1200 | "Highland Barley and Local Whisky Distilling" (article by Campbell K Finlay) | |||
29 Sep 1953 | pp 4 of "The Glasgow Herald" Article mentions NMM's suggestions (where ??) that crofters should be encouraged to distill their own whisky. |
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J1400 | "Naomi, Friend of the Gaels" (article by Malcolm K Macmillan) | |||
8 Oct 1955 | pp 36 of "Picture Post" - with a photograph, by Malcolm Dunbar, titled "Naomi the Fisherwoman" | |||
up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J1800 | "British Novelist who 'Mothers' Africans Finds Time to Write, Too" (article about NMM) | |||
1 May 1964 | pp ?? of "The Northern News" - newspaper
published in Ndola, Zambia. Illustration: Photograph of NMM with a group of Bakgatla children |
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J1900 | "Mrs. Mitchison: 'Little Scottish Grandmother' " (article) | |||
29 May 1964 | pp ?? of "The Kettering Leader" -
Northamptonshire newspaper Article is almost entirely a credited reprint of an article by Wilf Nussey in "The Johannesburg Star" |
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J2000 | "Eighteen Grandchildren and a Rather Nasty Pony" (article) | |||
7 Aug 1964 | pp ?? of "The Glasgow Herald" | |||
J2200 | "Scottish Mother for an African Tribe" (article about NMM) | |||
Sep 1966 | pp 86-93 of "Harper's Magazine" (v233.#1396) - includes a photograph of NMM | |||
J2400 | "Writers Offer Czechs Refuge" (article about NMM) | |||
2 Sep 1968 | pp 3 of "The Glasgow Herald" Report on NMM and Lord Ritchie-Calder talking at a Society of Authors meeting |
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J2500 | "Not Amused" (article) | |||
27 Sep 1968 | pp ?? of "The Guardian" - in the
Miscellany column Illustration: Photographs of NMM |
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up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J2800 | "African Queen" (article about NMM) | |||
10 Nov 1971 | pp 4 of "The Daily Mirror" Illustration: Photograph |
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J3000 | "Naomi Mitchison's three lives" (article by John Clare) | |||
12 Jun 1974 | pp 14 of "The Times" - Illustration: Photograph of NMM | |||
J3200 | "Writers for Europe" (advertisement) | |||
4 Jun 1975 | pp 5 of "The Guardian" - advertisement placed in support of Britain in Europe Campaign. A listing of a committee of 16, and more than 180 other authors who "consider Britain should stay in Europe" and urging a YES vote in the referendum on 5 Jun 1975 | |||
J3300 | "Terror in Arkansas" (article about NMM) | |||
1979 | pp ?? of Mean Things Happening in This Land
ed. H L Mitchell) pub. USA,Montclair (NJ): Allanheld Osmun & Co - HB Account of meeting by author with NMM, Zita Baker and Jennie Lee in Feb 1935 Information of this is from a cutting from an early proof of the book |
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up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J3500 | "Writer, 82, Gives Counsel" (article about NMM) | |||
15 Mar 1980 | pp 1 of "The Times of Zambia" Illustration: Photograph accompanies this news item |
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J3600 | "I Had To Get Rid of Those Ladylike Ways" (article about NMM) | |||
?? Nov 1980 | pp ??? of "Hindustan Times" | |||
J3800 | "Naomi Mitchison: Great Grandmother" (article by A Scott) | |||
Feb 1982 | pp 15-19 of "Scottish Review" (#25) | |||
J4000 | "Excelling at Eighty" (article about NMM) | |||
Jan 1983 | pp 3-4 of "The Scottish Field"
(v129.#970) Profiles of NMM, Marion Lochhead, Lord Hume and Lord Shinwell - The section on NMM is subtitled "Author and Farmer" Illustration: Photograph |
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J4100 | "Scottish Radical" (article by Jonathan Mirsky) | |||
13 May 1983 | pp 13 of "New Statesman" (v105.#2721) | |||
J4400 | "A Tribute to Naomi Mitchison - Who celebrated her 90th birthday in November." (article by Beth Dickson) | |||
Win 1987 | pp 1-2 of "Books in Scotland" (#26) Illustration: Photograph |
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J4500 | "Birthdays" (short article by C.P.D.) | |||
1 Nov 1988 | p39 of "The Guardian" . NMM's birthday is
often included in the usual listings in the press, but in this case
(noting her 91st birthday) there is a short article describing her life
& work - calling her a "polybiblioprogenitor and tribal mother" A letter from Michael Smith was printed on p22 of "The Guardian" of 4 Nov 1988 suggested that the correct term was "polybiblioprogenetrix" adding that this was "an even longer word to show off with". |
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up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J4700 | "A Pioneering Feminist Visionary" (article) | |||
13 Sep 1990 | pp 30 of "The daily Express" - includes
a photograph of NMM with her mother. Ostensibly a review of Jill Benton's biography (see H1800), but more about NMM. |
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J4800 | "Space Odysseys" (book review/article about NMM by Sophia Sackville-West) | |||
6 Jan 1991 | pp 4 of "The Sunday Times - Section 6" A book review of A Girl Must Live which includes much biographical infomation, illustrated by a photograph of NMM. |
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J5200 | "Burn the Dead Donkey" (article by Jenni Calder) | |||
16 Dec 1994 | pp 57-58 of "New Statesman & Society"
(v7.#333) Details NMM's involvement with rural development in Botswana. |
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J5350 | "Naomi Mitchison - Publicist Extraordinary" (article by Sandy Grant) | |||
4 Oct 1995 | pp ?? of "Mmegi" - a Botswana newspatper (Mmegi translates from Setswana as Reporter) | |||
1998 | pp ?? of Etcetera: A Wide Ranging Selection of Perspective, Critical Essays Which Appeared in the Botswana Press, 1991-1997 (by Sandy Grant) pub. BOTSWANA, Odi: Leitlho Publications - 252pp | |||
J5500 | "Fullness of the Ninth Life" (article by Leslie Duncan) | |||
19 Jul 1997 | pp ?? of "The Glasgow Herald" | |||
J5600 | "The Woman Who Decided Communism was Sharing Ideals and Bodies" (article by Anne de Courcy) | |||
2 Aug 1997 | pp 36 of "The Daily Mail" | |||
J5690 | "Adopted Tribal Mother" (article by ?????) | |||
23 Aug 1997 | pp ? of "The Daily Telegraph" | |||
J5700 | "When Britain was Good for Breeding" (article by Andrew Brown) | |||
31 Aug 1997 | pp 6 of "The Sunday Times - Section 2" An article on eugenics and much mention is made of An Outline for Boys and Girls (see A0780). Illustration: Photograph of NMM and of children playing. |
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J5800 | "100 Years of Passion" (article by Magnus Linklater) | |||
31 Oct 1997 | pp 19 of "The Times" Illustration: 2 photographs of NMM |
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J5810 | "Homage to Naomi" (article by Robert Oakeshott) | |||
1 Nov 1997 | pp 45-47 of "The Spectator" Ostensibly a review of Jenni Calder's book The Nine Lives of Naomi Mitchison (H1800) the article adds many personal memories of NMM. |
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J6100 | "Naomi Mitchison at One Hundred" (article by Maroula Joannou) | |||
Dec 1998 | pp 292-304 of "Women: A Cultural Review" (v9.#3) | |||
up to 1949 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000 & later |
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J6500 | "Naomi Mitchison" (article by ????) | |||
12 Sep 2005 | pp ? of "The Scotsman" | |||
J6900 | "Have You Overlooked - Naomi Mitchison?" (online article by Lyn McConchie) | |||
10 Jul 2012 | Online article available here | |||
J7000 | "Our Heritage" (article by Sandy Grant) | |||
10 Dec 2013 | pp 7 of "Mmegi" (v30.#184) - an article on NMM & Botswana, illustrated by a copy of the programme for her 100th Birthday celebration - see X8400. | |||