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The Times

1980s

Paul Barker reviews several Baldwin works republished by Corgi (3 Jan 1981)

Uncredited preview of I heard it Through the Grapevine (25 Feb 1981)

TV listing for I Heard it through the Grapevine (25 Feb 1981)

Michael Church short review of I Heard it through the Grapevine (26 Feb 1981)

Listing for Did You See…?, featuring Baldwin (28 Feb 1981)

Salman Rushdie mentioned Baldwin in an article about ‘decolonisation’ and ‘English writing abroad’ (3 Jul 1982)

A listing for ‘Russell Davies’ Harlem Speaks’, featuring Baldwin among others (20 Oct 1982)

A brief mention of the Amen Corner in a roundup of current Broadway shows (23 Dec 1983)

Baldwin mentioned in a piece about changes to the nature and format of theatre programmes over the preceding two decades (28 Jul 1984)

Very detailed Baldwin profile by James Campbell (2 Aug 1984)

Radio listing for ‘No Complaints’, a long interview with Baldwin (3 Nov 1984)

Radio listing for ‘No Complaints’, a long interview with Baldwin (2) (3 Nov 1984)

Listing for Bookmarks, with Caryl Phillips interviewing Baldwin (21 Nov 1984)

Review of Bookmark, a TV programme in which Baldwin is interviewed by Caryl Phillips (22 Nov 1984)

TV listing for Open Space: The Roots of Black Music, featuring Baldwin among many others (13 Dec 1984)

Listing for Ebony, a TV programme consisting of an in-depth interview with Baldwin (8 May 1985)

A mention of Baldwin’s inclusion in the second Edinburgh Book Festival (15 Jul 1985)

Mention of Baldwin appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival (6 Aug 1985)

Radio listing for ‘No Complaints’, a birthday profile of Baldwin (8 Aug 1985)

The Price of the Ticket included as part of “The Literary Editor’s selection of interesting books published this week” (13 Nov 1985)

Listing for a programme entitled ‘Club Mix’, with Baldwin among several guests (24 Apr 1986)

A brief mention of Baldwin in a Bernard Levin thinkpiece entitled ‘Why gays must not create a new ghetto’ (28 Apr 1986)

Caryl Phillips reviews Evidence of Things Not Seen (15 May 1986)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of TV programme The Statue of Liberty (8 Jul 1986)

Baldwin mentioned in an article about the New Yorker Magazine’s departing editor, William Shawn (14 Jan 1987)

Very detailed interview with Baldwin by Alan Franks (19 Jan 1987)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Caryl Phillips’ The European Tribe (2) (12 Feb 1987)

Uncredited Baldwin obituary (2 Dec 1987)

Listing for ‘Mavis on 4: Mavis Nicholson talks to writer James Baldwin…’ (2 Dec 1987)

Baldwin listed among important people to have died that year (31 Dec 1987)

Baldwin mentioned in an interview with Toni Morrison (18 Mar 1988)

Listing for Radio 3 production of Blues for Mr Charlie (3 Jun 1988)

Listing for Radio 3 production of Blues for Mr Charlie (2) (22 Nov 1988)

TV listing for The Bandung File, commemorating Baldwin’s work. (6 Dec 1988)

Baldwin quoted in a Rosemarie Clunie review of a Josephine Baker biography (7 Jan 1989)

Listing for a production in Sheffield of Blues for Mr Charlie (21 Jan 1989)

Listing for ‘James Baldwin Project Live’ (10 Mar 1989)

Baldwin mentioned in a piece about Esquire magazine (8 Apr 1989)

The Penguin Book of International Short Stories, which includes a story by Baldwin, included in list of recommended titles (13 May 1989)

Report that there is to be a James Baldwin Room in the newly rebuilt Tricycle Theatre (24 Jul 1989)

Listings for The Amen Corner at the Tricycle Theatre (The Times) (2 Feb 1987)