| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 20 September 1996 - 17 April 1997. 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.
The following leading articles have no author identified:
27 November 1996: Economically cynical...
27 November 1996: ...but a political turning point
31 January 1997: Health spending is up: or down
14 February 1997: Douglas Hogg must go
4 April 1997: Time for a thorough leaks inquiry
Generally two leading articles were published on Monday and Saturday, and three from Tuesday to Friday. The leading articles appear in column format on the left hand side of the page, under the heading 'The Guardian' with the date, edition number, address '119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER', fax number '0171-837 4530', email address 'E-mail: letters@guardian.co.uk' and website 'http://www.guardian.co.uk'.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
B Bell - Brian Bell
A Bellos - (7 December 1996)
C Bennett - Catherine Bennett
IB/Ian Black - [Ian Black]
R Boston - [Richard Boston]
Paul Brown
M Bunting - Madeleine Bunting
MD/M Dean - Malcolm Dean
L Elliot - Larry Elliot
DG - [David Gow] (31 March 1997)
JG - [John Gittings]
J Gittings/John G - John Gittings
VK - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
DMcK/DMc - David McKie
RNT - Richard Norton-Taylor
PP - Peter Preston
AR/Alan R - Alan Rusbridger
J Vidal - John VIdal
S Weale - Sally Weale
M White - Michael White
M Woollacott - Martin Woollacott
G Younge - Gary Younge |