Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 23 March 2000 - 11 November 2000. 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: 25 March 2000: The right to be different 27 March 2000: Trimble's awful weekend 27 March 2000: Tony, relax 27 March 2000: Land of the sinking sum 24 April 2000: Spoilt for choice only 2 leading article included on 7 October only 1 leading article included on 9 October only 2 leading articles included on 12 October 30 October 2000: Reinjecting trust 30 October 2000: dot.com slump
Generally three leading articles were published each day, appearing as a column. The first example of a heading appears on 20 October when the heading reads 'The Guardian' above which are the words 'Founded in 1821' and the edition number.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order): HB - (1 September 2000) MB - Madeleine Bunting MD - Malcolm Dean CD - LE - [Larry Elliot] J Ezard JF - Jonathan Freedland JG - [John Gittings] VK - Vic Keegan EMc - [Ewen MacAskill] EMcK - [Ewen MacAskill] DMcK - David McKie IM - [Ian Mayes] SM - AR - Alan Rusbridger TR (11 August 2000) JS - [Jonathan Steele] ST - [Simon Tisdall] DW - [David Ward] MW - [Martin Woollacott or Martin Wainwright] |