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Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2004:

1. Typescript speech note cards that are missing first title page but appear to be a speech given for the 5th anniversary of Guardian Unlimited, nd [January 2004]*
2. Papas - politics, people, places exhibition, The Newsroom, 15 January 2004. Typed note cards for a speech given at the opening of the exhibition on Guardian cartoonist Bill Papas
3. 'Journalism after Hutton', Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society annual lecture, February 2004. Two versions of printed presentation slides for a speech / presentation which covers the topic of newspaper sizes and layouts. Also includes three sheets of notes (two typed and one handwritten relating to journalism post Hutton).
4. Guardian Review World Book Day Forum, The Newsroom, 3 March 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech introducing Gail Rebuck, chief executive of publisher Random House.
5. Speech to the [Media Society], City University, 12 March 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech on privacy
6. Jeannette Page retirement, 25 March 2004. Typed note cards outlining Jeannette's career at the Guardian.**
7. 3rd Annual Mulberry Youth Conference on 'Modern Mass Media: The Influence of Information,' Mulberry School for Girls, London, 1 April 2004. Correspondence and conference programme only.
8. 'Sex, Lies and Circulation', Hay Festival, 31 May 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a discussion with Joshua Rozenberg, Michael Crick, Damian Tambini, Hugh Tomlinson on what defines public interest and how.
9. Launch of Public magazine, 9 September 2004. Typescript note cards for a speech about the role and content of the new magazine.
10. Debate held at ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), 12 October [2004]. Two versions of typed notes, one with handwritten annotations for a debate on journalism, trust and authority. References a John Lloyd book and Andrew Gilligan.
11. First Hugo Young Memorial Lecture, Chatham House, 20 October 2004. Typescript notes for an introduction to Philip Stephens.
12. 'We the media: the future of news', Orange World, 26 October 2006. Printout of an advert for the event at which Alan Rusbridger talks to Roy Greenslade.
13. 'Do Britain’s Journalists Have Too Much Power and Too Little Responsibility?’, RSA (Royal Society of Arts) / Economist debate, 11 November 2004. Typescript note cards with handwritten annotations.
14. Radio 3's Great Balloon Debate, notes dated 15 December 2004 [broadcast 1 January 2005]. Two sets of printed note cards and one set of A4 papers all with handwritten annotation for AR's appearance at the Wigmore Hall debate in which four celebrities (AR, Germaine Greer, Michael Portillo and Siobhan Davies) champion four composers.
15. Exact event / speech unknown, nd [possibly Oxford University debate with Piers Morgan***]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech on media, politics and democracy. Dated as [October 2004] from a reference to US election that year.
16. 'Extraordinary times in newspapers, random straws', nd [c.2004]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for an unknown speech / event / notes relating to reaction to the Hutton Enquiry and British journalism model.****
17. Two versions of typed notes with handwritten annotations for an unknown event, nd [c2004]. Notes cover Hutton Enquiry report, the relationship between journalists and politicians and the effect of new technologies on journalism. These notes may be linked to the note cards for the above unknown event (Extraordinary times in newspapers...) as the subjects covered are similar.
18. Typed notes for an unknown event [c2004/early 2005]. Possibly produced for an internal briefing concerning potential cost savings.*****
19. Cambridge Evening News Business Excellence Awards, King's College Cambridge, 31st March 2005. DVD recording of the event which features opening speech by AR.******
    Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Interview with Harry Griffin, Country Diary writer for the Guardian. Conducted by Martin Wainwright on 12 February 2002. Also includes notes made after the interview by Martin Wainwright.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1
00.00 Worked for Daily Mail in Manchester from 1937, followed by service in world war two
03.19 Childhood and rock-climbing in Barrow-in-Furness

16:00 Early career at the Evening Post, read the Guardian for Neville Cardus' reviews of classical music

23.00 From 1946 to 1947 he wrote fortnightly column 'leaves from a lakeland diary' signed Dalesman
23.00 Several months later he had his own byline
24.00 Continued to write this column for 50 years, even after retiring
25:00 Discussions with AP Wadsworth about taking over George Muller's column after his death
25.00 Wadsworth's instruction for the column; 'write whatever you like but keep off birds'
26.00 First article appeared Monday 5 January 1951 and every Monday since, never missed a deadline

30.00 Martin Wainwright reading his first article
32.00 Signing initials AHW for many years. In May 1971 started using names
34.00 Shared Lake District coverage with Enid Wilson
38.00 Copy always typed and sent by post
39.00 Receives many letters and replies to all, most favourable, only two inaccuracies in 51 years

42.15 When Jeannette Page was managing the diary he 'felt safe'
43.50 Working with Page
45.00 County diarists lunch in London
46.00 Alastair Hetherington, walking and rock climbing

Track 2
00.00 Paddy Monkhouse and writing the Miscellany column
04.00 Discusses the editors he has worked for and the 150th anniversary dinner

14.40 Now only reads the Guardian every other Monday
16.00 Changing times at the Guardian and difficulties for writers
19.50 Reads from the Country Diary, 11 January 2002

22.50 Reads from the Country Diary, 5 January 1951