Literature's Honourable Failure Lost

If you try to visit the Guardian Unlimited books section to read the two parts of Zadie Smith on literature's legacy of honourable failure you'll get an error message. Because this part and the second supposedly contain "15 tips on writing and reading, Zadie Smith calls for a new, non-cynical criticism that reveals personal tastes and obsessions - an individual experience of the novel" I asked the GU how to find the pages. They responded:

Unfortunately the articles are no longer available on Guardian Unlimited due to copyright reasons. However, back copies of the Guardian and Observer are available from a company called "Historic Newspapers" whose archive for both newspapers dates back to the very first editions.

That's just dandy for readers of the print edition. I don't even know that the articles appeared in print, much less which day, editions, section and page. I don't even know the titles of the articles. And I haven't been able to find them in a cursory search. The more frustrated I become, the more curiosity grows. I suspect Smith's views were controversial, perhaps antagonistic to the publication, but I seriously doubt a "copyright" dispute.

If anyone knows how I can obtain a copy of both parts of Smith's essay, please let us know.