| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 28 March 1989 - 18 July 1989.
The following leading articles have no author identified:
*new: 14 April 1989: Wig and pending
*new: 12 July 1989: For want of a few billion more
*new: 13 July 1989: At last, the right caring conclusion
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 - Malcolm Dean
JG - [John Gittings]
RG - Richard Gott
VK - Vic Keegan
Martin Kettle
DMcK/DM - David McKie
D Pallister - David Pallister
PP - Peter Preston
DVDV - Dan van der Vat
MW - [Michael White] |