| Level | SubSeries |
| Ref No | GUA/6/1/1/2/2/5 |
| Title | 1999 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Extent | 3 folders |
| Creator Name | Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger |
| Description | Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 1999:
1. The Media and Public Confidence conference, 4 February 1999. Annotated notes.
2. 'Dumbing Down', Cobden Lecture, Manchester Metropolitan University, April 1999.* [Draft] typescript transcript with handwritten annotations and 'clean' transcript for a speech covering 'dumbing down' in the media.
3. 'Balancing Libel and Privacy', Human Rights Conference, UCL Faculty of Law, 8 January 1999. Typed transcript with handwritten annotations for a speech on libel law.
4. RTS [Royal Television Society] debate, 9 February 1999. Typed transcript with handwritten annotations for a debate on 'the truth'.
5. Untitled and unidentified event [c1999]. Typed notecards for a speech by AR referencing The Times and Telegraph price war and Neil Hamilton case.
6. 'The Guardian's Year' , unknown event'. Typed transcript marked 'speech' providign a summary of the year's achivements and activities at The Guardian for 1999.
7. Speech at the Choir Schools Association at St Pauls on choisters who hold poisiotns in public life, May 1999. Page 1 missing. Includes discussion on 'dumbing down of the media' and a list of Alan's speaking engagements February to June 1999. |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Format | Typescript |
| Manuscript |
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