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Alan Rusbridger (born 29 December 1953 in Northern Rhodesia) is the son of the late G H Rusbridger, the Director of Education of the country. He has been editor of The Guardian since 1995. Previously he was a reporter, columnist, features editor and the deputy editor of The Guardian. Briefly, he worked for The Observer as a critic and was Washington Editor of the ill-fated London Daily News before returning to The Guardian in 1987.

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Trafigura: anatomy of a super-injunction

This PDF document is the 'super-injunction' which Trafigura and Carter-Ruck used to gag the Guardian (and "persons unknown") on September 11. It was granted in private by Mr Justice Maddison, who was until last year a Crown Court judge in Manchester. ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Oct 2009
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The Trafigura fiasco tears up the textbook | Alan Rusbridger

One day – if it's not happening already – they will teach Trafigura in business schools. This will be the scenario for aspiring MBAs. You are in charge of a large but comfortably anonymous trading company based in London and you have a tiresome PR ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Alan Rusbridger,  Twitter Inc,  BBC,  Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly,  John Wilkes

Harold Evans: 'We have to keep doing it'

The picture above is of an 81-year-old man taking a newspaper by storm. It is a picture of an editorial life-force, still insatiably curious, still shaking an impatient fist at the world. It is a picture of a showman. Every Guardian reader over the age ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Harold Evans,  Rupert Murdoch,  John Anderson (politician),  BBC,  The Daily Beast

From the archive: Thirsty clans gather to invade Wembley

The first wave of the Tartan hordes began to mass at Glasgow Central Station yesterday morning, intent on outwitting the combined efforts of the Football Association, British Rail, London Transport, and three police forces to keep them away from ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  21 May 2009
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UK state intervention vital to meet green energy targets

Britain must revert to greater state control of energy markets to hit ambitious targets on renewable energy and climate change, according to the former head of BP. Lord Browne of Madingley warns that market mechanisms are failing to deliver the ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, DAVID ADAM, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Mar 2009
Related Topics: BP p.l.c.

Libel is no longer David against Goliath

Why should anyone worry about the law of libel? On the face of it, it seems odd that a remnant of 18th-century restrictions on seditious speech should excite anyone beyond a self-serving clique of journalists. And yet libel is the subject of the moment ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Feb 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

Opera debuts in bar after power cut

The world of opera – famous for its implausible plots - acquired a new one last night when a new opera ended up being been premiered in the bar due to a power cut in the auditorium. A capacity audience had flocked to the Royal Opera House in London's ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, The Observer,  15 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Michael Portillo

Obama inauguration: Let the remaking of America begin today

Barack Hussein Obama was today sworn in as 44th president of the United States of America in front of quite possibly the largest mass of humanity ever to have gathered in one place for a single political moment. As many as 2 million people in ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alan Rusbridger reports from Alfred Brendel's farewell concert in Vienna

Goodbye to all that ... Alfred Brendel at his farewell concert in Vienna. Photograph: Dieter Nagl/Musikverein/EPA At 8.13pm yesterday, one of the greatest pianists of his, or any, age sat down to play in public. For the last time, Alfred Brendel spread ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Alfred Brendel,  Alan Rusbridger,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Charles Mackerras

Alex Ross: Winner of the Guardian first book award

Your IP address will be logged If you need help using the site: userhelp@guardian.co.uk Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: +44 (0)20 7278 2332 Subscribe free to our books podcast feed and get interviews with leading ...

From ALAN RUSBRIDGER, PETER SALE, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Alex Ross

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