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Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2003:

1. Media Correspondents Association lunch, Christopher's, Covent Garden, 20 January 2003. Speech on new media, engagement with audience and self-regulation. Includes notes with cuttings of an article about David Low's controversial "Morning After" coronation cartoon.
2. Richard Sennett 60th birthday, [January] 2003. Typescript note cards with hand-written annotations for a speech given to celebrate Sennett's birthday.
3. Public and Administrative Law Bar Association, Inner Temple, 5 February 2003. Contains annotated note cards referencing media law, calendar entry and email correspondence with Nigel Pleming QC.
4. Business and Society: Corporate social responsibility - policy into practice conference, London, 6 February 2003. Typescript speech on CSR*.
5. Launch of the Education Extra Reading Journey, printed on 12 February 2003. Typescript of speech on the Guardian Newsroom's Education Centre.
6. WACL [Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership] 'Future of newsprint'. [The note cards are stapled together but possibly relate to two different speeches. Notecards numbered one and two are titled WACL 12 February 2003 and relate to the GNM archive and note cards three to six are titled 'Interactive Newspapers, LSE, 13 February 2003' and relate to print and digital news]. Also includes two pages of statistics on student consumption of news.
7. Thirty Club speech, 9 March 2003. Annotated note cards for speech on reader trust and interaction.
8. City University, 17 March 2003. Notecards for speech on reader trust and interaction.
9. Henry Porter's 50th birthday speech, 23 March 2003. Typed notecards.*****
10. First anniversary of The Newsroom - Guardian and Observer archive and visitor centre [April-May 2003]. Handwritten speech on notecards relating to journalists covering the Iraq War.
11. 'Ditchley, May 2003'. Annotated typescript notes [likely to be from Ditchley Foundation event 'The impact of the media on the politics of our time' held 30 May-1 June 2003].
12. 'War reporting conference', New York, July 2003. Typed transcript of speech on war reporting in the context of the Iraq war.
13. Speech to 2003 ONO [Organization of News Ombudsmen] conference, Istanbul, 16 September 2003. Two draft typescripts with annotations concerning the role of newspaper ombudsman [readers' editors]
14. Deanery of Richard and Barnes, Faith in Society conference, October 2003. Typescript speech [possibly draft] on faith in society and reporting on faith. Also includes printed conference report and letter of thanks from Reverend Canon Peggy Jackson.
15. Guardian Charity Awards 2003, 3 October 2003, Sainsbury's Business Centre. Typed note cards for speech on the winning charities.
16. Guardian Arts party, 16 October 2003. Typed note cards for speech on arts coverage in the Guardian and Observer, arts readers and Neville Cardus.
17. Justice conference, 17 October 2003. Typed paper 'Developments in Privacy' sent to Justice with covering email.
18. Hugo Young celebration, Westminster Cathedral, 20 November 2003. Typescript transcript of speech given about Hugo Young.
19. Scott Trust Dinner Hugo Young toast, 26 November 2003. Typescript transcript of speech given about Hugo Young.**
20. Undated note cards for an unidentified speech on privacy laws [2003]***
21. 'Guardian Society', 2 December 2003. Typescript note cards for an unknown Guardian Society event, discusses relaunch, editorial special sand digs from The Mail and Mail on Sunday.
22. John Cunningham retirement speech [c.2003]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations.****
23. Book launch for Polly Toynbee's book 'Hard Work: Life in Low Paid Britain', [c2003]. Typed notecards.
24. Untitled speech on politicians and the press. Typed notecards. Undated but thought to be c 2003 from references in the speech. Missing first page.
    Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger
    Creator: DS/UK/122

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

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2007:

1. 'Ombudsmen in the digital future', ONO conference speech, The Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, 21 May 2007. Typed transcript of speech, agenda, list of participants and four business cards of attendees.
2. 'Adversarialism', 9 September 2007. Printed notes with handwritten annotations for a speech on responsible journalism and libel.
3. 'Ditchley sum up by AR', Ditchley Foundation conference on 'The Long-Term Impact of the Internet', held 1-3 June 2007. Typescript with handwritten annotations for a speech summing up the conferences' discussions. Also includes brief participant biographies, terms of reference and working group notes and reports.
4. Leaving speech for Ian Mayes, undated [c2007]. Typed notes printed on a mixture of A4 and A5 paper for an appreciation speech for Ian Mayes.**
5. Introduction to fourth Hugo Young lecture, Chatham House, November 2007. Typed notecards with handwritten annotations for an introduction to the Hugo Young lecture delivered by Bill Keller.
6. Introduction to the fourth annual Guardian Public Service Awards, 2007. Typed notecards with handwritten annotations for an introduction to the awards ceremony.
7. The Board of Governors, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dinner, Barber-Surgeons' Hall, 13 December 2007. Typed notecards with handwritten annotations for a speech given at the dinner concerning similarities between newspaper and music making.Also includes the menu for the event.
   8.Jon Snow speech, Media Society dinner, 5 June 2007. Typed notes printed on a mixture of A4 and A6 paper for an appreciation speech for Jon Snow. Contains two different versions.
   9.After dinner speech given at The Incorporated Society of Musicians conference dinner, The Palace Hotel, Torquay, 12 April 2007.Typed notes, with handwritten annotations printed on a mixture of A4 and A5 paper. The speech covers his life in amateur music and connections between music and journalism. Also contains the menu from the event.
   Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger

Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2008:

1. ONO conference: The New Ombudsmen Today - and Tomorrow, Stockholm, 28-31 May 2008. Conference itinerary only.
2. Introduction for Philippe Sands QC [2008]. Two typed transcripts (one with handwritten annotations) for an unknown event held at 'LS' relating to Sands' book 'Torture Team' which was published in 2008.
3. Guardian Student Media Awards, 2008. One handwritten note card containing notes for AR's opening speech for the 30th anniversary of the awards.*
4. Guardian First Book Award, December 2008. Hand written notes for a speech given to honour Alex Ross winning Guardian First Book Award for 'The Rest if Noise'.
5. The Thirty Club of London, Claridge's, London, 9th December 2008. One notecard with handwritten notes relating to the National Youth Orchestra. Also contains menu for the event.
6. Shaun Williams, Guardian director of corporate affairs, appreciation speech, Kings Place 22 October 2008. Handwritten notecards.*
7. Speech to SOCA Board, 17 October [2008]. Typed notes for speech with handwritten annotations. The speech discusses journalism and relations with the police.
8. Cranleigh Speech Day, July 2008. Typed note cards for a speech delivered at Cranleigh School, mostly referencing anecdotes from his time at the School.
   Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Alan Rusbridger