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Reference code
GUA/6/1/1/2/3/2/5
Title
1998
Date(s)
- 13 March 1998-18 December 1998 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 file (4 pieces)
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Scope and content
Newspaper clippings about Alan Rusbridger. Mainly concerned with the Jonathan Aitken libel trial and the accusations that the Guardian unfairly pursued the MP.
Also includes more general clippings about the newspaper itself, AR and other staff. A December issue of the Independent discusses the naming of Dominic Lawson as an MI6 agent and discusses investigations into Victoria Brittain.
A number of clippings discuss matters relating to press freedom and privacy concerns with references to the Guardian and other papers as well as AR specifically.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger
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Language of material
English
Script of material
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Open
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Name access points
- Rusbridger; Alan Charles (1953-); journalist and editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Aitken; Jonathan William Patrick (1942-); politician (Subject)
- The Spectator (1828-); magazine (Subject)
- New Statesman (1913-); weekly periodical (Subject)
- The Independent (1986-); newspaper (Subject)
- Lawson; Dominic Ralph Campden; journalist (Subject)
- Brittain; Victoria (1942-); journalist (Subject)
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Status
Catalogued