This sub-collection comprises the material related to Sewell's work as a journalist and art critic. It includes his handwritten and typed draft articles, alongside proofs and cuttings of published articles on many different subjects.
Sewell filed the many articles he wrote in A4 brown envelopes, titled with the name or subject matter of article and these titles have been retained. He separated the envelopes into three groups: articles about the arts, articles about non-art subjects, and articles about cars, and this arrangement has also been retained. During the cataloguing process, many other articles which were found elsewhere amongst his papers have been added to the appropriate series. In addition, articles about dogs have been given their own series. The series are outlined below:
-Articles on the Arts: Artists, Exhibitions and Reviews
-Articles on the Arts: London Letters
-Articles on the Arts: Picture This; Hot Tickets; Picture of the Week
-Articles on non art related subjects
-Articles on cars
-Articles on dogs
The files often contain more than one article. This is because:
-Sewell often revisited the same subjects during his career as a journalist, often giving a new article the same title as a previous one, and filing both together
-he often created and kept multiple copies of the same article (either as typed drafts, proofs, newscuttings, or photocopies of published articles) and where it has been possible to do so, two copies of each have been retained
-he sometimes filed individual articles in two different envelopes which has also led to some duplication of articles, for example, the articles he wrote for Ill Giornale dell-Arte as London Letters were filed as one separate sequence (see BS/5/1a) but can also be found amongst the other article series
Sewell also routinely filed any related material with his articles. This includes:
-his handwritten or typed research notes
-correspondence relating to his research, arrangements for publication, or sent in response to the published article
-research materials, which comprise newscuttings of published articles by other writers, extracts from publications, photographs, reports, etc
Unless otherwise stated in each catalogue description, the articles were written for the Evening Standard. Sewell created a typed list to record the titles and dates of those published in the paper between 1990-2014 and this can be found in BS/5/5/3 - List of articles written for the Evening Standard.