Description | Cuttings of each of the Guardian's leading articles with manuscript annotations of the author's initials, 28 August 2002 - 7 April 2003. 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: 16 September 2002: Private galleries hit back 17 September 2002: The beans of wrath 2 November 2002: Beaten by the butler 17 March 2003: Blair's moment of truth
Generally three leading articles were published each day, appearing as a column.
The authors identified in this volume are (in alphabetical order): MD - Malcolm Dean JF - Jonathan Freedland J Gittings - John Gittings J Glover - Julian Glover G Henry - Georgina Henry VK - Vic Keegan MK - Martin Kettle DM - DMcK - David McKie S Moss - Stephen Moss RR - [Randeep Ramesh] Ben Rogers AR - Alan Rusbridger R Smithers - Rebecca Smithers JS - [Jonathan Steele] ST - [Simon Tisdall] MW - [Michael White] M Wainwright/Wainwright - Martin Wainwright D Walker - David Walker M Woollacott - Martin Woollacott |