| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 17th May 1989 - 26th January 1990. 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:
1 June 1989: The pet as predator (identified as MP?)
14 June 1989: Six failing years (identified as RG?)
29 August 1989: Bonds of a different colour
29 August 1989: Diminishing returns and drug lords (possibly JG?)
5 September 1989: Evil in supply and in demand
6 September 1989: Starting with the central issue
20 October 1989: A story filled with shame
20 October 1989: One for the eye
20 October 1989: Deeper in debt
21 October 1989: A new walk on the lonely side
21 October 1989: A disastrous farce in Malaysia
24 October 1989: Looking beyond boxed-in Britain
24 October 1989: Step by step for the NHS
26 October 1989: When an odd dog doess the barking
26 October 1989: Krenz is failing
26 October 1989: Pounding pay beats
27 October 1989: The buck stops on only one desk
27 October 1989: A dismal boat
27 October 1989: A pill and a bill
28 October 1989: The great wave beyond the rocks
30 October 1989: Forces of Error and the future
2 November 1989: Labour's shadows on the ladder
2 November 1989: Dying careless
3 November 1989: In truth, there is no other way
3 November 1989: Home and away
20 November 1989: Paris joy is still confined
24 November 1989: The new world of letting it happen
24 November 1989: A blast to the bast
24 November 1989: Sources of dismay
28 December 1989: The Pope and the Panama problem
29 December 1989: Saturn inter alia
30 December 1989: The bits in the middle
3 January 1990: Fine lines in a true drama
3 January 1990: A tale two shops
3 January 1990: A modest proposal
This volume contains several articles loose within the pages; the articles are listed below;
4 August 1989: A wizard in search of a wheeze
4 August 1989: Musical Poles
4 August 1989: Closed books
3 August 1989: Putting the hard into bargaining
3 August 1989: Just out of court
3 August 1989: Talking Turkey
11 August 1989: A thumping case for going slow (2 copies)
11 August 1989: The tip of the world (2 copies)
11 August 1989: Island stories (2 copies)
28 August 1989: Diminishing returns and drug lords (identified as JG?)
20 October 1989: A story filled with shame
20 October 1989: One for the eye
20 October 1989: Deepeer in debt
21 October 1989: A new walk on the lonley side
23 October 1989: A disastrous farce in Malaysia
23 October 1989: Unlawful liberties
24 October 1989: Looking beyond boxed-in Britain
24 October 1989: Step by step for the NHS
25 October 1989: Positive ways out of the quagmire
25 October 1989: General impasse
26 October 1989: When an odd dog does the barking
26 October 1989: Krenz is failing
26 October 1989: Pounding pay beats
27 October 1989: The buck stops on only one desk
27 October 1989: A dismal boat
27 October 1989: A pill and a bill
28 October 1989: The great wave beyond the rocks
30 October 1989: Forces of Error and Furture
30 October 1989: EMS: now is the moment to strike
31 October 1989: Hail the pilots
31 October 1989: That's strife
1 November 1989: Too good to die
1 November 1989: Murphy's law
3 November 1989: Home and away
?: In truth, there is no other way
?: Labour's shadows on the ladder
?: Dying careless
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. 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
JF - Jonathan Freedland
JG - John Gittings
RG - Richard Gott
DMcK - David McKie
VK - Vik Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
Rowland Morgan -
MP - Melanie Phillips
PP - Peter Preston
DVDV/DV - Dan Van der Vat
MW - Martin Wainwright
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