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Chris Hall

Chris Hall is the former production editor of Family and editor of Family Life

April 2023

  • OM Archive 9 October 1994 drugs - no credit - Life - Drugs

    From the Observer archive
    Illegal drugs in Britain and their future, as seen in 1994

  • Archive prep schools Jan 24 1965

    From the Observer archive
    Must try harder: a report on Britain’s prep schools, 1965

March 2023

  • Archive 18 March 1979-By Catherine Leroy

    From the Observer archive
    More women enlist in the US armed forces, 1979

  • OM Archive survival 15 sept 1968

    From the Observer archive
    Everybody’s guide to survival, 1968

January 2023

  • OM ARCHIVE Tyrants of taste - are critics really that powerful - the Observer Magazine of 10 February 1991

    From the Observer archive
    Criticising the theatre critics, 1991

    The ‘Butcher of Broadway’ and others get a taste of their own acerbic medicine
  • OM Archive Cover 25/11/90 Spies

    From the Observer archive
    Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?

    After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt
  • OM Archive Cover 17/3/91 NY bright lights

    From the Observer archive
    The amazing rudeness of New York City, 1991

    Considering all the violence and squalor, how could anyone still love the Big Apple? By Chris Hall

December 2022

  • OM Archive Death 27 October 1968 - Adrian Flowers

    From the Observer archive
    Coming to terms with death, 1968

    The thought angered, amused and intrigued actors, playwrights and novelists. By Chris Hall

November 2022

  • ‘OK, you stayed alive in 85, now get a fix on 86’: the Observer Magazine cover from 29 December 1985

    From the Observer archive
    Staying alive in 85: looking back on a fascinating end-of-year roundup

  • OM Archive Dodge City October 3 1965

    From the Observer archive
    How wild was the wild west in 1965?

October 2022

  • OM Archive black tie December 8 1968-Credit Duffy

    From the Observer archive
    Bib and tucker: the great dinner jacket revival of the 60s

  • OM Archive Sept 4 1988

    From the Observer archive
    The return of good manners, 1988

September 2022

  • Boy George 30 december 1984

    From the Observer archive
    1984: was the year quite as awful as George Orwell predicted?

  • Barry McGuigan holding his baby with boxing-gloved hands

    From the Observer archive
    Boxer Barry McGuigan shows his softer side, 1986

  • ‘Here’s Johnny…’ An Observer Production, 2000.

    From the Observer archive
    The most memorable moments in film, as picked by readers in 2000

  • ‘The characters are caricatures’: Peter Conrad goes wrestling, 29 March 1992.

    From the Observer archive
    ‘The characters have stepped out of comic strips’: wrestling’s new megastars, 1992

August 2022

  • Archive 15 May 1988 hotel service

    From the Observer archive
    ‘We provide whatever is asked for’: a night at the country’s top hotels, 1988

    If you need a pair of rubber gloves at the Ritz they will ask you, pink or yellow? By Chris Hall
  • OM Archive July 17 1988

    From the Observer archive
    ‘It’s just glorified plumbing’: incisive interviews with Britain’s surgeons, 1988

    Revealing, sometimes alarming insights from the people holding the knife. By Chris Hall
  • OM Archive Sept 9 1984 - London

    From the Observer archive
    Picture this: a day in the life of London, 1984

    A hundred photographers were given 24 hours to record every aspect of work and play in the capital. By Chris Hall

July 2022

  • woman in bed

    From the Observer archive
    The torments of sleeplessness, 1988

    One in six of us didn’t get nearly enough – like Kafka and Kipling, among others. By Chris Hall
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