The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper. Founded in 1821 as a local paper replacing the radical
Manchester Observer, it was known as
The Manchester Guardian until 1959. It has grown into a national paper, and forms part of a media group with international and online offshoots. Its sister papers include
The Observer (a British Sunday paper) and
The Guardian Weekly (an international roundup of articles from various papers). In addition to its UK online edition
theguardian.com, the paper has two international web sites,
Guardian Australia and
Guardian US.
The Guardian is influential in the design and publishing arena, sponsoring many awards in these areas. Other media projects include
GuardianFilm.
The Guardian was edited by
Alan Rusbridger from 1995 to 2015, when
Katharine Viner succeeded him.