| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 8 November 1997 (front cover states 10 November) - 11 June 1998. 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:
22 November 1997: Benefits in the balance
22 November 1997: By-election lessons
24 November 1997: The pendulum swings in Asia
24 November 1997: Defending the newt
20 December 1997: The politician's wife
22 December 1997: Korea's new challenges
22 December 1997: Forgive them but...
17 January 1998: Please, Mr Robinson
23 January 1998: When tolerance has its limits
30 January 1998: Ten squandered years
30 January 1998: The truth about Bloody Sunday
21 February 1998: After Kofi returns
21 February 1998: The laws of sex
23 February 1998: Green field, brown field
23 February 1998: Bare contacts
23 March 1998: Dyb dyb dob dob (identified as 'MD?')
28 March 1998: Who's better?
15 April 1998: The rise and rise of heroin
15 May 1998: Gangrene of debt
15 May 1998: Cash for gongs
16 May 1998: Ulster is hesitating
16 May 1998: The Voice is silent
30 May 1998: The endless crisis of aid
30 May 1998: A plan too fast
Generally two leading articles were published on Monday and Saturday, and three from Tuesday to Friday.
The leading articles appear in column format on the left hand side of the page until Wednesday 18 February 1998 when they are published across the top third of the page.
The leading articles are published under the heading 'The Guardian' with the date, edition number, address '119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER', fax number '0171-837 4530', email address 'E-mail: letters@guardian.co.uk' and website 'http://www.guardian.co.uk'.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
Decca Aitkensen
I Black - Ian Black
S B[oseley] - Sarah Boseley
M Bunting - Madeleine Bunting
MD/M Dean - Malcolm Dean
Charlotte Denny
L Elliot - Larry Elliot
J Ezard - John Ezard
G Foden - Giles Foden
JF - Jonathan Freedland
JG - [John Gittings]
SJ - (9 May 1998)
VK - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
Clare [Longan]
Ewan (sic) McA - Ewen MacAskill
Liz McGregor
DMcK - David McKie
EMcK - [Ewen MacAskill]
S Moss - Stephen Moss
T Radford - Tim Radford
AR - Alan Rusbridger
J Steele - Jonathan Steele
P Toynbee - Polly Toynbee
A Travis - Alan Travis
John Vidal
K Vyner (sic) - [Katharine Viner]
D Walker - David Walker
SW/S Weale - Sally Weale
MW - [Micheal White]
M White/Mike White - Michael White
M Woollacott/M Woolla - Martin Woollacott
G Younge - Gary Younge |