| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials,19 January 1999 - 31 August 1999 (front cover states September 1999). 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:
*new 6 February 1999: The case for intervention (illegible identifier - 'A Bru[mmer])
*new 6 February 1999: A nouvelle lingo
*new 20 February 1999: Throught for food
*new 20 February 1999: Less bark, more bite
*new 1 March 1999: Pros and cons
*new 2 March 1999: Sporting chances
*new 13 March 1999: Send for Dr Mo (identified a s'MB?')
25 March 1999: Defeating Milosevic
25 March 1999: Pinochet loses
31 March 1999: The human cost
31 March 1999: A quiet rebirth
31 March 1999: TV sex warning
5 April 1999: Folly and madness
5 April 1999: Protecting the Net
*new 9 April 1999: Chimps are us
12 April 1999: More bombs, slow results
12 April 1999: County catches
20 April 1999: The love triangle (DM is crossed through)
*new 22 May 1999: A trying season (illegible entry - possibly MGMoras)
*new 25 May 1999: State door prised open (identified as 'AR?')
*new 26 May 1999: Tango with a mango
*new 29 May 1999: A dangerous stumble (illegible entry - possibly McK Doughty)
11 June 1999: The obsequies of war
11 June 1999: Jacobs takes the biscuit
12 June 1999: What are they up to?
14 June 1999: Watch the Russians
14 June 1999: Trust the French
15 June 1999: Everyone's a loser
15 June 1999: Sex lessons
15 June 1999: Shopping trolleys
*new 17 June 1999: Mandela: a hero departs (illegible entry, possibly D Bess]
19 June 1999: Stop the world
21 June 1999: Poll drama not a crisis
21 June 1999: Before a will to win...
22 June 1999: Europe: the sleeping giant
22 June 1999: Wessex Prince...
16 July 1999: One jag good, two jags bad
17 June 1999: English drumbeats
*new 26 July 1999: Opening up the coffers (illegible entry, possibly E M[cKa])
7 August 1999: The next Balkan threat
7 August 1999: Blair's great escape
28 August 1999: Supermarket surgery
30 August 1999: Making rules for TV
Generally two leading articles were published on Monday and Saturday, and three from Tuesday to Friday.
The leading articles appear across the top third 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'. From 19 April 1999 the leading articles appear as a column.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
M Atkinson -
David Beresf - David Beresford
MB/M Bunting/M Bunt - Madeleine Bunting
A Brum/Alex Brum - (31 July 1999)
J Cun/J Cunn - John Cunningham
JC - (31 May 1999)
MD - Malcolm Dean
J Gittings - John Gittings
L Elliot/LE - Larry Elliot
JF - Jonathan Freedland
VK - Vic Keegan
Ewen M - Ewen MacAskill
Chris McG - (31 May 1999)
Bill Montgomery
S Moss - Stephen Moss
AR - Alan Rusbridger
J Steele - Jonathan Steele
JS - [Jonathan Steele]
ST - [Simon Tisdall]
J Vidal - John Vidal
DW - [David Ward]
MW - [Michael White]
M White - Michael White
M Wool.../M Woll/M Wolla - Martin Woollacott |