| Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 11 January 2002 - 27 August 2002. 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:
15 February 2002: A US president writes
21 March 2002: Common good gets better
Generally three leading articles were published each day, appearing as a column.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order):
MB - Madeleine Bunting
MD - Malcolm Dean
JF - Jonathan Freedland
Dan Glaister
JG - John Gittings
J Glover - Julian Glover
VK - Vic Keegan
MK - Martin Kettle
E Mc - [Ewen MacAskill]
DMcK - David McKie
S Moss - Stephen Moss
T Radford - Tim Radford
RR - [Randeep Ramesh]
AR - Alan Rusbridger
JS - [Jonathan Steele]
J Steel - Jonathan Steele
ST - [Simon Tisdall]
DW - [David Ward]
Lucy Wain - Lucy Wainwright (20 April 2002)
Martin W - [Martin Wainwright or Martin Woollacott]
M Wain/M Wainwright/Wainwright- Martin Wainwright
M Wells - Matt Wells
Mike White - Michael White
M Wool/M Woollacott - Martin Woollacott |