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File containing material relating to the development of a booklet on Guardian values.

Contains background research, manuscript drafts and input from staff.

The file also includes the following external reports:
'Irresponsible Journalism: The Guardian's reporting of allegations of chemical warfare in southern Sudan' by the British-Sudanese Public Affairs Council, 2000;
'Review of The Guardian Archive at The John Rylands Universary library' by Lisa Prophett, nd.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Film, with sound, featuring vox pop style interviews with members of the public who are asked about their opinions regarding newspapers.

Contains footage of people being interviewed on the streets [of London].

Topics covered include: which newspaper people buy (the same answers are grouped together), why they do or don't read the Guardian, how they would describe a typical Guardian reader and what they think about other papers.

Duration: 5 minutes and 20 seconds. The film starts at 06.36 on the QuickTime movie file.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Film, with sound, featuring vox pop style interviews with members of the public who are asked about their opinions regarding newspapers.

Contains footage of people being interviewed in and around Waterloo train station.

Topics covered include: why people buy the Guardian; who best represents the Guardian; why people buy the Observer and who best represents the Observer.

The recording is of quite poor quality.

Duration: 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The film starts at 00.11 on the mp4 file.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Promotional film, with sound, for the Guardian featuring vox pop style interviews with members of the public speaking about themselves, technology and the media.

Contains edited footage of people being interviewed on the streets [of London].

Topics covered include: the occupations of the interviewees; the impact of technology; media censorship; whether the standard of living in the UK is improving; television and which newspapers and magazines they read.

Duration: 4 minutes and 50 seconds.The film starts at 00.11 on the mp4 file.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Screenshots of Guardian websites from 1999 to 2016.

Screenshots from 1999 to 2013 have been collected from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/) to capture the launches and redesigns of Guardian websites and webpages.
There are currently no screenshot captures for 2002 and 2003.

From 2013 to the present screenshots have been captured directly from the Guardian's websites on a weekly basis to provide a sample of the look and feel of the front pages. Occassionally captures have been made of front pages deemed to be of particular interest either due to editorial content or changes to the design of websites.

Creator: Internet Archive (1996-)

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited (1967-2006)

Creator: Guardian News & Media Limited (2006-)

Screenshots taken from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/) of Guardian Unlimited and guardian.co.uk home pages, section front pages and redesigns from 1999-2013.

There are currently no screenshot captures for 2002 and 2003.

The dates of the screenshots are the earliest dates found on or after the launch of the website or section captured on the Internet Archive. In many cases they are not the launch date of the website or section. Information on launch dates, where we have it, has been recorded in the administrative history.

Creator: Guardian News & Media Limited (2006-)

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited (1967-2006)

Creator: Internet Archive (1996-)

Papers relating to Guardian Weekend magazine.

Administrative/Biographical history: Weekend magazine was launched on Saturday 3 December 1988. It was re-designed with the paper quality improved on 20 January 1990. The first colour photograph was printed on the front of the magazine on the 2 May 1992.The magazine was redesigned for a second time on the 2 September 1995. On 21 April 2001, Weekend magazine was re-launched as a glossy lifestyle magazine, adding sections on beauty, fitness and relationships.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Prints, negatives, contact sheets, slides and digital images of byline photographs of columnists and other contributors to the Guardian Weekend Magazine.

Creator: Guardian News Limited

File containing material relating to the reaction of Guardian Weekly staff to the movement of the production of the newspaper from Abney Hall in Cheadle to London.

The file includes internal correspondence and the following papers:
A resolution concerning the move passed by the Guardian (Manchester) NUJ chapel on 2 March 1994;
An alternative strategy, proposed by Robin Thornber (FoC) and Michael Wren, Deputy Editor, Guardian Weekly.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Internal and external correspondence relating to the Guardian Weekly, November 1978 - April 1986.

Subjects covered include: subscriptions, January 1979; the possibility of launching an edition of Guardian Weekly in the United States, June 1979 - February 1980 and a reader's comment concerning the content of Guardian Weekly and Third World Review, April 1986.

Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Suburban Communications Corporation, Wayne Ellis, IPEC Transport Holding, Jim Markwick and the British Refugee Council.

Also contains a copy of a page reproduced from the Guardian of 26 November 1978 concerning Exeter Cathedral and correspondence between Ian Wright and John Harland (writing from the Manchester Guardian's New York office) concerning the closing of a bank account, September 1984.

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright