The Guardian (until 1959
The Manchester Guardian) is a
British newspaper owned by the
Guardian Media Group. It is published Monday to Saturday in the
Berliner format from its
London and
Manchester headquarters.
The Guardian Media Group also runs a multi-award winning website, guardian.co.uk.
Founded by textile traders and merchants, The Guardian had a reputation as "an organ of the middle class",[4] or in the words of C.P. Scott’s son Ted "a paper that will remain bourgeois to the last".[5] "I write for the Guardian," said Sir Max Hastings in 2005,[6] "because it is read by the new establishment", reflecting the paper's growing influence.
Three of the Guardian's four leader writers joined the Social Democratic Party on its foundation in 1981, but the paper was enthusiastic in its support for Tony Blair in his bid to lead the Labour Party,[7] and to become Prime Minister.[8]
