| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 5 December 1988 - 27 March 1989.
Generally three leading articles were published Tuesday - Friday (across the top third of the page), with two leading articles published on Saturday and Monday (in a column on the left side of the page). 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. They were published under the heading 'Comment' rather than the traditional heading 'The Guardian'.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
MD - Malcolm Dean
PF/P Fiddick - [Peter Fiddick]
JG - John Gittings
VK/Vic - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
DMcK/DM - David McKie
PP - Peter Preston
DvdVat/Dan - Dan Van der Vat
MZ - [Michael Zander] |