Peter Preston reflects on 50 years of triumph and disaster at The Guardian and Observer
Fifty years after joining The Guardian, Peter Preston is better placed than anyone to put the paper’s recent dramas into…
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Axegrinder: How Observer wrongly credited Panorama journalist with breaking Savile story; surprise county court exclusion; Thatcher memories
How Axegrinder broke Watergate Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre was landed in hot water by The Observer just before Christmas when…
By Peter Preston: Victims of press have ‘unrealistic hopes’ for new regulator
Former Guardian editor Peter Preston believes victims of press abuse have “totally unrealistic hopes” for what a new regulator can…
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PCC: Julie Burchill ‘rant’ against transsexuals was not in breach of Editors’ Code
The Press Complaints Commission has decided that an Observer column, described as a “disgusting” rant by an MP, was not…
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Guardian journalists to hold second chapel meeting in bid to resolve job cuts dispute
Guardian journalists are to be called for their second chapel meeting in a week on Wednesday as the National Union…
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Mulholland pulls Burchill’s ‘disgusting’ transsexuals rant: ‘We got it wrong’
The Guardian website has pulled a controversial column condemned as a “disgusting rant” against transsexuals. A column by Julie Burchill…
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Minister calls for Observer columnist and editor to be sacked over ‘disgusting’ transsexuals ‘rant’
A Coalition minister has called for columnist Julie Burchill and Observer editor John Mulholland to be sacked over a "disgusting…
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Hugh Grant to star in new Guardian and Observer ad campaign
Actor and press reformer Hugh Grant is to star in a new advert promoting The Guardian and The Observer weekend…
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