Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 22 April 1987 - 20 August 1987.
The following leading articles have no author identified: *new: 11 July 1987: Pale and interesting
Generally three leading articles were published Tuesday - Friday (across the top third of the page), with two leading articles published on Saturday and Monday (in a column on the left side of the page). Leading articles were published anonymously each day as the collective view of the newspaper. Researchers should note that leaders do not necessarily express the personal views of their writers. They were published under the heading 'Comment' rather than the traditional heading 'The Guardian'.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order): PC - Peter Cole D Gow/DG- David Gow DMck - David McKie VK - Vic Keegan MK - Martin Kettle PP - Peter Preston GDT/GT - [Geoffrey Taylor] DVD/DVV - Dan Van der Vat |