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Includes press cuttings written by Alan Rusbridger including a letter to The Spectator on the 7 January in which he refutes some of the claims made by Paul Johnson against the Guardian and Peter Preston and discusses other claims made by Johnson relating to Jonathan Aitken Richard Gott.

Other cuttings include an article about media literacy in young people.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Contains cuttings about Alan Rusbridger. Includes multiple extracts from the Guardian and other papers including the Daily Mail, Evening Standard, The Surrey Advertiser and Scotsman discussing AR's appointment as editor as well as a letter from the Guardian announcing the Scott Trust's decision. Also includes a number of cuttings detailing the libel case against the then Conservative party director general Paul Judge.
Also includes:
A cutting of an interview with AR in the Cherwell months after appointment as editor.
An excerpt from award ceremony booklet for the Guardian/NUS Media Awards with AR as judge.
A broadcast report from the London News with AR being interviewed upon appointment as editor.
A cutting of a caricature of AR and then Labour leader Tony Blair, detailing relationship of media and political parties.
An excerpt from the Evening Standard reflecting on AR being in post for two months, with an image of AR merging into Tony Blair.
An Evening Standard cutting discussing the staffing decisions AR made around Germaine Greer, Suzanne Moore.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Currently contains a menu for a dinner held by The Women's Advertising Club of London, where Alan was the guest speaker. The dinner was held at the Savoy in London on 11th April 1995.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 1996:

1. Lent Lecture, [Guildford, 1996*]. Printed transcript of a speech given by AR on technological and cultural changes in the press and media.
2. Guardian Fiction Award, [1996]. Typed note cards for an introductory speech for the ceremony.
3. Guild of Editors, Leeds,1 November [c1996]. Typed speech on libel and privacy laws.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Includes clippings about Alan Rusbridger. One is an entry of AR from Who's Who. Another clipping from the Londoner's diary column of the Evening Standard outlines AR's debate with MP Neil Hamilton on BBC Newsnight after Hamilton had settled his libel case before it went to court.

Other clippings include:
A comment on AR's career as editor as well as comment on the financial state of the Guardian and Observer.
A report from The Independent comparing editors AR, Richard Addis, Max Hastings, Piers Morgan.
Clippings detailing various awards won by AR.
Centrefold from Night & Day of a photo of AR with other then current editors.
An interview from Independent.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Records relating to events Alan Rusbridger attended or was invited to in 1996.

Currently contains one programme for the 1996 Newspaper Industry Awards at which The Guardian won multiple awards, and one printed document of a menu written in a mock legal format, to mark the Neil Hamilton legal case at the L'Etoile Restaurant in 1996.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 1997:
1. 'The Freedom of the Press and other Platitudes', James Cameron Memorial Lecture, 1997. Transcript of speech, printed copy and associated correspondence.
2. 'Guildford lecture', 25 February 1997. Transcript of speech relating to freedom of the press and media and the law.*
3. 'The Guardian Year '97 - The Inside Story of Sleaze', City-Dillon lecture, City University, London, 19 November 1997. Recording of an event about the Guardian and Jonathan Aitken affair to mark the launch of 'The Guardian Year '97'. Chaired by John Humphrys with Guardian speakers David Hencke, David Pallister, Owen Bowcott and Alan Rusbridger. AR also discusses Stoke Newington police libel case. Recording ends abruptly part way through the event.
4.'Justice...', event and exact date given unknown. Printed speech with handwritten annotations discussing libel and data privacy laws.
5. Hereford [Cathedral School Prize Day], 12 July 1997. Typed speech notes referencing his school days and the role of journalism in society.
6. 'Speech to Edventure Holdings', Amsterdam, 6 October 1997. Typed notes discussing the British newspaper market, libel laws and Guardian ownership.
7. 'Media Business course speech'. 12 November 1997. Handwritten note cards.
8. 'IPR speech', 31 October 1997, unknown event / location. Typed transcript, with minor hand written annotations for a speech on law and privacy.
9. Handwritten notes fot a speech on the Jonathan Aitken / Guardian libel case. Event and date unknown but believed to be c1997.
10. Handwritten notes for a speech on privacy law. Event and date unknown but believed to be c1997.
11. 'City University, Nov 5th'. Handwritten and typed notecards for a speech on relations between politicians and journalists. Date delivered is unkown but could be c1997 as references the Neil Hamilton case.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Newspaper clippings about Alan Rusbridger. Includes cuttings relating to the Aitken libel case and AR's reactions to them as well as a copy of the Spectator that focuses on the case. In addition are other related clippings including one detailing the comments about the president of the Institute of Public Relations Simon Lewis about the need for accountability with photograph of him and AR along with a handwritten note to AR from Steve Boulton.

Other clippings include opinion pieces on the Guardian and AR's editing style including one by Andrew Neil discussing the Guardians politics and AR's approach to editing.

A cutting from the Highbury & Islington express from 5 September details how AR's house was burgled at the time of Princess Diana's death.

Also included is an article from the French newspaper Liberation and reports such as one detailing AR's complaints about the keeping of wild animals in the Cotswolds.

A cutting from The New York Times discussing the Aitken libel case.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Records including invitations, programmes, tickets, itineraries, seating plans, menus and delegate lists relating to events Alan Rusbridger attended or was invited to in 1997.

Events attended include industry award ceremonies, dinners, speaking engagements, public events and conferences including: Oxford Union debate on libel law reform, High Tech Forum, Downing Street reception, Association of British Editors annual lunch, What The Papers Say awards ceremony, Guild of Editor's annual conference, University of Cambridge climate change meeting, the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales, the Booker Prize ceremony, Hong Kong handover ceremony, The Guardian and The Observer Invitation Golf Day at The Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, and the James Cameron Memorial Lecture.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 1998:

1. Inaugural lecture, University of Central Lancashire, 13 October 1998. Typed transcript of a lecture by AR on trust in the media.
2. Peter Preston leaving the Guardian, undated [1998]. Typed notes for a speech given by AR at a leaving ceremony for Peter Preston.
3. 'Journalism with attitude: reporters or agents of social change?', Cambridge Guild of Editors, undated [1998]. Typed speech notes.
4. Unknown event, [c1998]. Typed speech notes with handwritten annotations on privacy law.
5. 'Threats and Opportunities' [possibly given at Ditchley event held May 1998]. Typed speech notes.*

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger