The Guardian: British national daily newspaper
The Guardian is a British newspaper.
It is published every day, except on Sunday. It is owned by the same company as The Observer, which only publishes on Sunday. The Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1821. It was founded by textile traders and merchants. The Guardian was seen as "an organ of the middle class", or, in the words of C.P. Scott's son Ted, "a paper that will remain bourgeois to the last". In 2005, Sir Max Hastings stated that he writes for The Guardian "because it is read by the new establishment", reflecting the paper's growing influence.
Until 1959 The Guardian was called The Manchester Guardian.
Three of the four people who wrote leaders for the Guardian joined the Social Democratic Party on its foundation in 1982. The paper supported Tony Blair when he wanted to lead the Labour Party and to become Prime Minister.
In 1999 theguardian.com started. At the time it was a website called Guardian Unlimited.
Characteristics
The Guardian describes itself as centre-left.
References
Other websites
- Official website
- History of the Guardian
- Founding of the Manchester Guardian
- Works by The Guardian at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Guardian Newspaper (e-paper) Archived 2022-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
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