From the 26th to the 31st August Afton Down on the Isle of Wight was home to one of the largest rock festivals the world has ever seen. With an attendance that surpassed Woodstock the previous year; it is estimated that between 600,000 to 700,000 people flocked to the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. With such large numbers in attendance, all did not go as planned, much like the revival of Woodstock in 1999. The festival was marred by petty …
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This week has been another record-breaking week here at The Archive, as we have now reached another milestone of over 57 million pages all now available to search as part of our collection, with 633,752 brand new pages joining us in all over the past seven days. Meanwhile, we’ve added three brand new newspaper titles to the site this week, two of which illuminate the religious climate of the mid to late nineteenth century, whilst another shines a light on local news in Staffordshire. This week has …
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We are at The Archive are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. During her seven decades on the throne, she witnessed great change. With her calm determination, her sparkling humour and an unwavering sense of duty, she stood as a beacon of constancy and comfort to millions. To honour the memory of the late Queen, we have looked back at her extraordinary life through our newspapers, from when she was born, when her destiny was set to …
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This week at The Archive is a sombre one, as we remember the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Hers was a life of duty and devotion, and we take a moment here to mark her incredible life of service, and to honour her memory. Meanwhile, over the past seven days we have added 190,708 brand new newspaper titles, with one new newspaper title from Scotland joining us this week. We have also updated twelve of our existing publications, with …
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This week at The Archive we have added an amazing 322,444 brand new pages, with eight brand new titles joining us in all, from Scotland, England and the Caribbean. Meanwhile, we’ve made one million more newspapers free to view as part of our collection, which you can find out more about here. We’ve also made extensive updates to 23 our existing titles, so read on to find out more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, as well as to discover more about the …
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As part of our ongoing partnership with the British Library, we are delighted to announce that one million more pages on the British Newspaper Archive have now been made free to view on our site, meaning that we now have two million pages in total that can be accessed freely as part of our collection. And we’re not stopping here. We’re planning to release a total of five million free to view pages on The Archive over five years, meaning that more and more people will now be able to …
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Not even a month ago we celebrated reaching 55 million pages, and this week, we are celebrating adding another one million pages to The Archive, with over 56 million newspaper pages all now available to search. In what is a truly bumper week at The Archive, we have added ten brand new newspaper titles to our collection from England and Scotland, and even from across the pond. Meanwhile, we’ve updated 28 of our existing titles, from Aberdare to Wells, with significant updates to important regional publications. So read on to discover more about all …
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We are excited to bring you another 305,497 newspaper pages. We have brought you a massive update to over 120 of our existing titles plus eleven brand-new titles. The new titles span 140 years of history with the latest title New Observer of Bristol published in 1994. This week’s incredible release brings us stories of local writers and royal weddings. We can read about history as it happened and track the progress of women’s rights and the American civil …
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While many are enjoying the summer holidays, we are continuing to bring you thousands of newspaper pages every week. This week we have added 371,962 pages. We are celebrating the 90s with additions to 64 newspapers from Dover, Sutton Coldfield, Southall, Brent, Plymouth and more from 1990-1999. If you are feeling nostalgic, you can jump into these regional newspapers and take a journey back to the time of Margaret Thatcher, Doc Martens, the Spice Girls, and Mr Blobby. You can …
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As part of our railway history month on The Archive, we’re delighted to welcome a very special guest blog post from Dr Mike Esbester, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth and co-lead of the ‘Railway Work, Life & Death Project.’ In this special blog, Mike takes a look at the dark side of railway work, and how the British Newspaper Archive has helped to inform research into railway accidents from days past. The Dark Side of Railway …