Exciting announcement! NEW on The British Newspaper Archive. Literally . . . We have introduced a ‘Newspaper Titles’ page. You can now see ‘Recently Added Issues’ (titles that have been added to in the last 30 days) PLUS a total list of the titles that are available on the site and the inclusive year range. With up to 8.000 pages added every day, there’s always more to discover. What stories will you uncover? http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles
We are pleased to announce the introduction of Gift Vouchers on The BNA! With four great value Packages to choose from (12 month, 30, 7 and 2 day), why not treat a loved one today! We will email you with the Gift Voucher which you can then print or forward to your friend. The Gift Voucher email contains a unique Gift Voucher Code which your (lucky!) friend can redeem at any time – their access will become valid when …
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Along with eloping poets, another sign of spring’s arrival is the start of cleaning duties. As we’re a curious bunch, we decided to do some digging to see what stories the newspaper archive contains about spring cleaning. We found some terrific stories! But one of the best stories we saw is this article from 1929, which muses on the subject and thoughtfully explains that the ‘spring clean is the fruit of feminine intuition…’ Source: Western Daily Press – Tuesday 19 …
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We’re pretty much addicted to BBC4 history documentaries, these days. As we’re also quite interested in precious metals, the programme, ‘The Golden Age of Silver’, is especially appealing to us, since it appeals to our love of history and bling. In this programme, Dan Cruickshank considers the Georgian and Victorian obsession with silver, and muses as to what this fascination with the precious metal reveals about these societies. We actually did a quick search for ‘silver’ in the newspaper archive just …
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To celebrate May Day, we’ve posted two stories from the archive about the various customs observed on this day, as well as the ancient history of the day itself. One feature that we noticed from reading May Day stories in the newspaper archive was the use of the joyful verb, ‘maying’. We really like this word, and think that it will likely win the BNA ‘word of the month’ award. And we hope you’ll be maying your way through the …