Subject files and correspondence of deputy editors of the Guardian. Deputy editors of the Guardian since 1975 include: David McKie (1975-1984), Peter Cole (1984-1988), Jonathan Fenby (1988-1993), Alan Rusbridger (1993-1995) and Georgina Henry (1995-2006). However, only three deputy editors of the Guardian are currently represented: David McKie, Peter Cole and Georgina Henry.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office
Subject files and correspondence compiled by deputy editors of the Guardian, David McKie (1975-1984) and Peter Cole (1984-1989).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
A sequence of subject files compiled by David McKie and Peter Cole in their roles as Deputy Editor. Mainly consists of correspondence relating to editorial and managerial issues within the Guardian. There is some duplication of documents within and between the files and some cross over of subjects between the files.
The file titles are those given by the file creator (David McKie before October 1984 or Peter Cole from October 1984).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
Internal correspondence relating to the advertising department.
Includes correspondence concerning advertisements placed in the newspaper.
Also includes preliminary results for the marketing department's People At Work survey (1981).
Main correspondents are David McKie and Peter Cole.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
Internal and external correspondence relating to the Agenda page, an opinions page consisting of articles from external contributors such as politicians and political thinkers. Originally it appeared on a Monday and consisted of pieces on topical issues. In 1983 a second edition was introduced on Fridays (Agenda Extra), this was to concentrate on British politics and British elections.
Internal correspondence includes items relating to the production of the page such as comments about contributors and the articles they have submitted or are to submit. There are minutes from a meeting discussing the setting up of the Agenda Extra page.
External correspondence consists of letters concerning articles submitted, articles to be submitted and the payment of fees. Includes a number of letters to submitters rejecting their articles.
Main correspondents are David McKie and Peter Cole.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
Papers relating to the Bedside Guardian, an annual anthology of the best articles to have appeared in the Guardian for that year. It was known as The Guardian Year from 1994 to 2007.
Included are letters of thanks from recipients of the book, lists of people to be sent copies generally politicians, two Christmas card designs by Les Gibbard and index cards listing Guardian writers (purpose unknown).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; David McKie and Peter Cole
Internal and external correspondnce relating to the serialisation of David Beresford's book 'Dead Faces Laugh' in the Guardian.
The external correspondence consists of letters from Beresford to Peter Cole regarding the publishing of his book and the timing of serialisation. It includes suggested outlines for the the three parts of the serialisation and a proposal for an introductory paragraph to be placed in the news pages for the first part.
Internal correspondence consists of suggestions for introductions and end pieces introducing the next days extract.
Also included is an editorial contributors form detailing the payment made to Beresford for the three extracts.
Main correspondents are Peter Cole and David Beresford
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole
Papers relating to the British Press Awards ceremony.
Includes the invitation to the awards for 1988 and the press release announcing the winners for the 1987 awards.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole
Papers relating to the planning of the 1985 post budget edition of the Guardian with information from the 1984 budget.
Includes predictions for items in the budget, a copy of the post budget edition of 1984, a table giving economic forecasts from March 1984 to November 1984, proposed layouts for the newspaper, schedules for completion of pages.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole
Papers relating to the 1986 post budget edition of the Guardian with information from the previous budgets of 1984 and 1985.
Includes planning documents such as proposed layouts, proposed graphics, suggested page breakdowns, predictions of possible items in the budget, schedules for completion of pages, copies of previous economic forecasts and copies of the newspaper's previous post budget editions for 1984 and 1985.
Also includes tables giving economic performance up to 1985 for inclusion in the newspaper.
There is also a contributors payment form detailing payments made to external writers who produced articles for the Budget special feature, the form is dated 24 March 1987.
Additional list of phone calls [possibly misfiled].
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole