Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 13 November 2000 - 28 May 2001. 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: 2 December 2000: Shoot-out at OK Corral 6 December 2000: Magic or not, let in the daylight 16 January 2001: Children's choice 25 January 2001: The price of prevarication 25 January 2001: A dead end no longer 31 March 2001: On the wrong side 13 April 2001: The teachers' new friend 13 April 2001: The onus of a bonus
Generally three leading articles were published each day, appearing as a column.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order): Richard Boston MB - Madeleine Bunting MD - Macolm Dean LE - [Larry Elliot] JF - Jonathan Freedland VK - Vic Keegan D McK - David McKie E Mc - [Ewen MacAskill] SM - AR - Alan Rusbridger JS - [Jonathan Steele] ST - [Simon Tisdall] DW - [David Ward] MW - [Martin Woollacott or Martin Wainwright] |