| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 17 September 2001 - 10 January 2002. 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:
13 October 2001: Two cheers for the UN (identified as 'MK?')
Generally three leading articles were published each day, appearing as a column.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
MB - Madeleine Bunting
CD - (11 December 2001)
MD - Malcolm Dean
LE - [Larry Elliot] (11 December 2001)
J Izzard (sic) - John Ezard
JF - Jonathan Freedland
JG - [John Gittings]
J Glover - Julian Glover
VK - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
EM - [Ewen MacAskill]
E McK - [Ewen MacAskill]
D McK - David McKie
S Moss - Stephen Moss
Ben Rogers
AR - Alan Rusbridger
RR - [Randeep Ramesh]
ST - [Simon Tisdall]
MW - [Michael White]
M Wain/M Wainwright - Martin Wainwright
Mike White/Michael White
M Wool - Martin Woollacott |