‘Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently’ Rosa Luxemburg was born in Zamosc (now in Poland, then part of Russia) on 5 March 1871. To mark the day, we’ve posted below two newspaper stories about the ‘Red Maid of the Revolution’. The first story reports on her release from jail in 1916, while the second story contains a graphic account of her murder. You can read further stories about Rosa Luxemburg in the Archive. Derby Daily …
8 million rivets! The Forth Rail Bridge was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 4 March 1890. To mark the day, we thought we’d post a fascinating newspaper story from 1890 that reports on this historic moment. …
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To celebrate the birth date of Alexander Graham Bell (born in Edinburgh on this day in 1847), here is a newspaper report from 1878 about the interactive demo of the workings of the telephone, given by Alexander Graham Bell to Queen Victoria in 1878. Bell’s demo by royal appointment took place at Osborne House in January 1878, and it looks as though the experiment went very well – luckily for the Queen and Bell, PowerPoint hadn’t yet been invented to …
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‘Upon St David’s Day, put oats and barley in the clay…’ To celebrate St David’s Day, we’ve posted below two stories from 19th Century newspapers that report on the national day of Wales. The Ipswich Journal – Saturday 05 March 1842 Image © THE BRITISH …