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
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
Newspaper clippings about Alan Rusbridger. Includes a cutting on the death of Princess Diana and AR's reactions and discussion relating to future press activity.
A clipping from the Daily Telegraph titled 'Who's smiling now?' outlines AR's thoughts on the jailing of Jonathan Aitken and the outcome of the libel cases involving the Guardian in which he stresses the importance of not allowing people to use libel charges to shut down journalistic investigations. A copy of the Oxford University Law society magazine titled 'The sword of truth' also discusses the Aitken case and AR's comments on its impact.
A clipping from the 11 April edition of the Sunday Business 'Guardian takes calmer design route to expanding its audience' details AR's and the paper's success in contrast to the other broadsheets.
An issue of Press Gazette includes a two page free thinkers welcome Guardian advert as well as photographs of AR. In another issue an article refers to the Guardian winning three awards at the Press Gazette press awards.
Also included is a Sunday Times supplement titled 'Power list 1999' that includes AR.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger
Cuttings written by Alan Rusbridger. Includes a book review in the New Statesman of Jonathan Aitken's 'Pride and Perjury'. Another cutting details AR's time at Magdalene college Cambridge and the beginning of his journalism career.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger
Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2005:
- OMD [Optimum Media Direction] Predicts, 1 February 2005. Typescript notes with an annotated draft copy for a speech on what journalism is.
- Hugo Young Lecture, 'What are newspapers for?', Sheffield University, 9th March 2005. Typescript of lecture (2 copies), printed presentation slides, cd-r disc containing a word doc of the lecture [images not rendering] and PowerPoint file of slides [some images not rendering], and correspondence relating to the distribution of transcripts after the event.*
- 2004 Cambridge Evening News: Business Excellence Awards Presentation Dinner, King's College, Cambridge, 31 March 2005. Programme and typescript draft of an untitled speech, with handwritten annotations, on journalism, trust, accuracy, how he entered the industry and Jonathan Aitken.
- Society of Bookmen, 'Can newspapers survive?', 3 November 2005. Typescript speech notes covering the move to Berliner format and the internet.
- Queen Mary College, 'Reporting Terrorism', 30 November 2005. Photocopied manuscript notes.
- City and Queen Mary Universities, 'Investigative Journalism', 6 December 2005. Typescript notes.
- Speech to mark Jonathan Steele's 40 years of working for the Guardian, 2005. Typescript notes.**
- Unknown event / speech, nd [c2005]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech / presentation relating to newspaper size and the Guardian's choice of Berliner size.
- Staff briefing, November 2005. Typescript notes with handwritten annotations for a presentation by AR to Guardian staff. Topics include cost savings, editorial changes, and editorial highlights.***
- Speech given by AR at an unknown event [c2005]. Typed notes with handwritten annotations. Topics cvered include Guardian errors and corrections (with past examples), conduct at the Brritish Press Awards, and trust in the media.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger
Creator: DS/UK/122
Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1988.
The conversations are with the following people:
David Cornwell, 27 January 1988*
Jonathan Aitken, 1 February 1988
Cecil Parkinson, 1 February 1988*
'CP' 14 February 1988
Alistair MacAlpine, 24 February 1988
Geoffrey Howe, 26 February 1988
Brian Griffiths, 13 April 1988*
Elie Kedourie, 20 April 1988
John Smith, 26 April 1988
'AG' 26 April 1988
Colin Morris, 3 May 1988
Bryan Gould, 11 May 1988
'Essence of Griffiths' 15 May 1988
Letter from Jonathan Aitken to Hugo Young, to send information about peers, 18 May 1988
Christopher Tugendhat, 21 May 1988
Neil Kinnock, 24 May 1988
Alan Beith, 24 May 1988
Paddy Ashdown, 7 June 1988
Brian Griffiths, 14 June 1988*
Frank Cooper, 22 June 1988
Michael Heseltine, 6 July 1988
Brian Griffiths, 19 July 1988*
Michael Shea, 3 August 1988
Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:
Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Paddy Ashdown and his leadership of the Liberal Democrats
Conservative party policy
Government Education policy
Reflections on General Election 1987
Gorbachev and Soviet relations
Europe
Politics in South Africa
Creator: DS/UK/122
Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1994.
The conversations are with the following people:
Bill Cash, 23 January 1994
Hugh Dykes, 24 January 1994
Christopher Prout, 25 January 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 25 January 1994*
Michael Heseltine, 1 February 1994
John Biffen, with attached article from the Evening Standard about John Major's leadership, 8 February 1994
Peter Mandelson, 8 February 1994
Anthony Barnett, 15 February 1994
Heath seminar, 16 February 1994
Kenneth Clarke, 17 February 1994*
John Smith, 1 March 1994
Peter Lloyd, 1 March 1994
James Cornford, 2 March 1994
Charles Kennedy, 14 March 1994
Martyn Bond, 17 March 1994
Hugh Dykes, 17 March 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 17 March 1994
Paddy Ashdown, 22 March 1994
Bill Morris, 22 March 1994
John Monks, 22 March 1994
Herman Ouseley, 23 March 1994
John Major, 23 March 1994
Leon Brittan, 25 March 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 28 March 1994*
Douglas Hurd, 30 March 1994
Richard Shepherd, with attached article from the Evening Standard, 19 April 1994
Europe Conversations, 25 April 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 26 April 1994
Michael Portillo, 26 April 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 2 May 1994
John Biffen, 3 May 1994
Christopher Meyer, 9 May 1994
Copy of memo to Peter Preston about a potential investigative profile of David Hart, 10 May 1994
Max Hastings, 10 May 1994
Richard Ryder, 10 May 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 11 May 1994
Gordon Brown, 24 May 1994
Peter Lilley, 24 May 1994
Peter Lilley, 24 May 1994
Tony Blair, 25 May 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 31 May 1994
Sarah Hogg, 1 June 1994
Peter Reith, 5 June 1994
Tony Blair, 15 June 1994
'CP' 20 June 1994
Conrad Black, 21 June 1994
[Unidentified] 26 June 1994
Gordon Brown, 28 June 1994
Stephen Dorrell, 4 July 1994
Eddy George, 5 July 1994
Jonathan Aitken, 12 July 1994
Jonathan Aitken, discussing Europe, 12 July 1994
Teasdale, 18 July 1994*
David Hunt, 18 July 1994
Dalyell, 19 July 1994
'FF' 19 July 1994
Peter Hain, 19 July 1994
Douglas Hurd, 25 July 1994
Chris Patten, 27 July 1994
Jacques Delors, 31 August 1994
Douglas Hurd, 7 September 1994
[Anthony] Teasdale, 8 September 1994*
Paddy Ashdown, 13 September 1994
John Prescott, 20 September 1994
David Hill, with note attached 'Quotes Women Labour Party' 25 September 1995
Tessa Jowell, 26 September 1994
'GA' 25 September 1994
William Waldegrave, 6 October 1994
Tristan Garel Jones, 6 October 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 7 October 1994*
Chris Patten, 9 October 1994
Newspaper cutting of article by Hugo Young about John Major, from the Guardian, 11 October 1994
Newspaper cutting of article by Hugo Young about the Conservative party, from the Guardian, 15 October 1994
Bill Cash, 19 October 1994
Peter Mandelson, 19 October 1994
Iain Duncan Smith, 19 October 1994
Tony Blair, 3 November 1994
Douglas Hurd, 10 November 1994
Georges Berthoin, 14 November 1994
Anthony Teasdale, 14 November 1994
Richard Holbrooke, 24 November 1994
Schmidt, 29 November 1994
Robin Cook, 12 December 1994
Maurice Fraser, 20 December 1994
Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:
John Major and his leadership of the Conservative party
John Smith and his leadership of the Labour party
The campaign for a new leader of the Labour party
Tony Blair and his leadership of the Labour party
Paddy Ashdown and his leadership of the Liberal Democrats
The economy
Crime
The Maastricht Treaty
Europe
European Parliament and elections
European Legislation
Political corruption
Creator: DS/UK/122
Series of correspondence containing letters sent to and from Nora Beloff including:
Letter from Archduke Rudolph of Austria, 1985;
Correspondence between Beloff and the historian Michael Howard, 1985;
Correspondence between Beloff and Philip Howard from The Times, 1985;
Documentation relating to conferences and correspondence between Beloff and John K Andrews, President of the International Commission on Moral Equivalence, 1986-1987;
Correspondence from David Astor to Beloff, 1986, 1987, 1992;
Letter from Francis Fukuyama to Beloff, 1987;
Correspondence and documentation relating to a conference on European Cultural Identity, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Isaiah Berlin, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Ashford Press Publishing, 1987;
Correspondence between Beloff and Richard Abraham, 1988;
Letter from Jonathan Aitken to Beloff, 1988
Correspondence between Beloff and David Howell, MP, 1989;
Letter from Michael Heseltine, MP, to Beloff, 1989;
Typescript of Beloff's will, 1990;
Correspondence between Beloff and Alexander Fedoravski concerning a visit to Moscow, 1990;
Letter from John Beloff to Beloff, 1994, 1995;
Correspondence between Beloff and Michael Beloff, 1995;
Correspondence between Beloff and Anne Beloff, 1995.
At the end of the file are letters without specific dates and some that are incomplete.
Correspondence sent to Hugo Young in his capacity as political columnist of the Guardian during 1988-1989.
The letters are predominantly from members of the public to comment on the content, views and writing of Hugo Young's Guardian columns.
Also includes letters from students asking for assistance with research, personal correspondence from colleagues, professional letters concerning work and appointments, invitations to attend events and presentations or support organisations, and internal Guardian correspondence.
There are also personal letters from friends and family, including condolences on the death of his wife Helen Young, and a biography of David Young, Hugo Young's godfather who died in 1988.
Includes letters to comment on writing or send invitations or wishes from:
John Lyttle
Anthony Seldon
Bhiku Parekh
Ian Gilmour
Robin Squire
Anna Ford
Felicity Kendal
Baroness Janet Young
There are also letters from:
David Selbourne, to enclose letter from Peter Preston
Richard Shepherd and Jonathan Aitken, to thank Hugo Young for supporting their proposed changes to the Official Secrets Act.
Creator: DS/UK/122