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Temporary offices in a pub for dummy issue

Harvey Morris remembers the consequences of the power cut when The Independent was producing dummy issues before the launch of the paper.

Storyteller: Harvey Morris

Date of Story: September 1986
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 6 April, 2016

Wise investments in foreign news at the beginning

Harvey Morris explains that The Independent established a strong foreign news department from the very beginning, making a series of wise personnel investments including taking on poet James Fenton as a foreign correspondent in South Korea.

Storyteller: Harvey Morris

Date of Story: May 1986
Location of Story: City Road, London, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 6 April, 2016