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The Observer
1980s
Baldwin mentioned in relation to William Styron and Malcolm X (28 Jul 1986)
Listing of Baldwin interview in Kaleidoscope (3 Feb 1980)
Giovanni's Room referenced in review of Colin McInnes's work (17 Feb 1980)
Baldwin referenced in review of Stephen Adam’s work (20 Apr 1980)
Detailed preview of JB documentary, I Head it Through the Grapevine. (22 Feb 1981)
Baldwin’s birthday is noted. (2 Aug 1982)
Baldwin paraphrased in review of Bonnie Klein’s Not A Love Story. (27 Jun 1982)
Baldwin referenced in a review of Harlem Speaks (Radio 3). (24 Oct 1982)
Baldwin name-checked in review of The Oxford Literary Guide to the United States. (23 Jan 1983)
Irish politician Conor Cruise O’Brien quotes Baldwin on white liberal racism. (3 Jun 1984)
Baldwin conversation with Caryl Phillips listed in TV listings. (18 Nov 1984)
Baldwin mentioned in review of New York: An Anthology (25 Aug 1985)
John Gross review of The Price of a Ticket. (24 Nov 1985)
Very short preview of Baldwin’s Evidence of Things Not Seen (5 Jan 1986)
Baldwin mentioned in Malcolm Bradbury’s overview of modern American writing (16 Feb 1986)
TV listing of programme about Evidence of Things Not Seen (30 Mar 1986)
Christopher Hitchens review of Evidence of Things Not Seen (6 Apr 1986)
Baldwin referenced in review of Spielberg’s The Color Purple. (13 Jul 1986)
Baldwin referenced in a piece about Caryl Phillips’s views on Europe. (8 Feb 1987)
Listing of The Amen Corner at Lyric Theatre. (1 Mar 1987)
Theatre review of The Amen Corner (22 Mar 1987)
Listing of The Amen Corner at Lyric Theatre (29) (19 Apr 1987)
Listing of The Amen Corner at Lyric Theatre (2) (17 May 1987)
Baldwin referenced in a review of Norman Sackler’s The Great White Hope. (23 Aug 1987)
William Styron posthumous appreciation of Baldwin (6 Dec 1987)
Baldwin mentioned in a review of Caryl Phillips’ The European Tribe (6 Mar 1988)
Giovanni’s Room referenced in a review of The Faber Book of Seductions (12 Jun 1988)
Baldwin referenced in a Christopher Hitchens review of Langston Hughes' work (12 Feb 1989)
Listing of screening of 1985 film adaptation of ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’ (19 Mar 1989)