1819

The Yeomanry and Hussars open fire on a peaceful reformist meeting at St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, killing an estimated 18 people and wounding hundreds. Local cotton merchant John Edward Taylor witnesses and reports on the incident, which comes to be known as the Peterloo massacre, and is left with a desire to give the liberal reformist voice a better outlet.

1872

Charles Prestwich Scott, a liberal thinker with strong principles, becomes editor of the Guardian – a post he holds for 57 years.

1919

On 4 July Guardian Weekly is launched to provide a compact weekly edition of the newspaper, aimed at an international audience.

1988

The Guardian has a radical redesign, splitting the newspaper into two sections and introducing a new masthead. An international edition is launched in Europe.

All these events are important in the development of the institution of The guardian because it show how if these events didn’t happen then guardian wouldn’t be what it is now. especially the event that happened on 1819. On 1819 the word liberal is already mentioned which suggest that guardian is hinting that they are left wing (social and economically ) and may take the side of liberals. social and economically

Summarise of Guardian Reader.

A Guardian reader is someone who seeks professional endeavour and who are often described as a left-wing with a liberal point of view. They promote individual right and attract attention to social injustice.