The weekly magazine New Scientist carried a series of articles, editorials and letters relating to the three efficiency reviews to which the Observatory was subjected between 1983 and 1986.
Links to each are given below:
Date |
Title |
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| 1983, July 14 | Science castle is under siege |
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| 1983, September 29 | Joseph orders cuts | |
| 1984, January 26 | Herstmonceux saved | |
| 1984, September 6 | Kenneth Warren, the MP for Hastings … | |
| 1985, May 2 | Observatories face shotgun marriage |
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| 1985, May 16 | Why astronomers must focus on Britain |
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| 1985, June 20 | Astronomy is looking grim | |
| Battle royal for the skies of La Palma | ||
| 1985, September 12 | Should SERC survive the cash crisis? |
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| 1986, January 9 | Kingman reports on future of astronomy |
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| 1986, January 16 | Where next for astronomy and space research? | |
| 1986, February 13 | What future for British astronomy? | |
| 1986, March 6 | Royal observatory faces closure plan |
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| 1986, March 27 | RGO to leave Herstmonceux | |
| Changes in latitude | ||
| 1986, April 17 | Royal observatory | |
| 1986, May 15 | Why you should move to Manchester | |
| 1986, June 12 | Andrew Faulds … | |
| 1986, June 26 | Blind eye at the telescope | |
| 1986, July 10 | Wrong move | |
| 1986, July 10 | Now Edinburgh observatory faces bleak future | |
| 1986, November 20 | Baker backs closure of Herstmonceux |
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