| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 12 June 1990 - 22 September 1990.
The following leading articles have no author identified:
*new: 14 June 1990: Coming to the boil (identified as 'PP?')
*new: 16 June 1990: Freedom in the light of day
*new: 25 June 1990: Straws in the political wind
*new: 12 July 1990: Triumpth: and the patter of tiny votes (identified as 'PP?')
*new: 12 July 1990: The way to help (identified as 'VK?')
*new: 13 July 1990: Yeltsin departs
*new: 14 July 1990: Dishing the carbuncles
*new: 6 August 1990: Against the grain
*new: 25 August 1990: Mr De Klerk offers his services
*new: 25 August 1990: Barnesy and Birdie
*new: 27 August 1990: Breakfast with Saddam Hussein
*new: 28 August 1990: Defences with too many holes in
*new: 19 September 1990: Dugan of the desert
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
JG - [John Gittings]
VK - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
DMcK/DM - David McKie
MP/Mel - Melanie Phillips
PP - Peter Preston
AR - Alan Rusbridger
D van Vat/DVDV - Dan van der Vat |