This week we have added 107,280 brand new pages to our collection, as one brand new title, the Selby Times, joins our Archive. Meanwhile, from Bayswater to Bradford, from Devizes to Dundee, we’ve updated a range of our existing titles, with significant updates joining our Scottish newspapers, including the Edinburgh Evening News. So read on to find out about our new and updated titles of the week, and also to learn about the Wood Pit colliery explosion, a tragic mining …
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This week at The Archive we have added six brand new Yorkshire newspapers, whilst we have added 83,278 brand new pages to our collection in total. Meanwhile, from Blairgowrie to Bridport, from Edinburgh to Evesham, from Lincoln to Liverpool, we’ve added pages to our existing titles from across England, Wales and Scotland. So read on to find out more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to discover more about the HMS Montagu, a …
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This week at The Archive we have added three brand new titles from the Manchester area, with another brand new title joining us from Lincolnshire, as we have added 63,325 brand new pages to our collection over the last seven days alone. Meanwhile, from Chester to Dover, from Denbigh to Grimsby, we’ve updated nine of our existing titles. So read on to find out more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to learn …
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From David Lloyd George’s Welsh terrier to John Major’s sunburnt goldfish, British politics has a rich history of parliamentary pets. These pets in office often stole the limelight from their human colleagues, and were sometimes even officially employed in their roles. In this special blog, we detail twelve parliamentary pets, from canaries to cats. We look at how some animals became symbols of good luck, and how others contributed to political storms. We tell their stories using pages from our …
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This week at The Archive our presses have been whirring to bring you 89,176 brand new pages, some of which illuminate the opening of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse in May 1882. As if this wasn’t enough, we’ve also added six brand new titles this week, which cover nearly 600 miles across England and Scotland. Meanwhile, we’ve also updated six of our existing titles, with significant updates for the Kent town of Sheerness. So read on to find out more about …
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This week at The Archive we have added brand new newspapers from Wiltshire, as well as one very special new Scottish title, as we have added 221,850 brand new pages in all to our collection. Meanwhile, from Hammersmith to Haverhill, from South Wales to Southall, from Newmarket to Newquay, we’ve added new pages to our existing titles from across the British Isles. So read on to discover more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and …
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This week at The Archive we are proud to welcome a gem from Guernsey to our collection of newspapers, with the addition of the Guernsey Evening Press and Star. Meanwhile, we have added two further brand new titles from London’s East and West, as we have passed the spectacular milestone of 67 million pages all now available to search. And that’s not it, over the last week alone we have added a total of 470,868 brand new pages to The …
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The work of poet, mystic and painter William Blake was largely unrecognised in his lifetime. The son of a dissenting hosier, Blake was born in London’s Soho in 1757, and was apprenticed to an engraver at a young age. Hostile to organised religion, he created an array of paintings and poetry, often inspired by his visions, before he passed away in 1827. In this special blog, we will take a look at the evolving attitudes to the art of William …
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This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome 675,584 brand new pages to our collection, as we introduce 6 brand new titles, including our first ever newspaper from the country of Malta. Meanwhile, we have updated an astounding 96 of our existing titles, from Acton to Ayrshire, from Billericay to Bridgend, from Gwent to Galloway, from Plymouth to Pontypridd, we have added new pages to titles from across England, Wales and Scotland. So read on to discover more …
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This week at The Archive we’re delving into occupation history with the addition of two special employment related titles, the Licensed Victuallers’ Guardian and the Situation and London Advertiser. We’ve also added three brand new Scottish titles to our collection over the past seven days, alongside new publications from Cheshire and Northamptonshire. So read on to learn how aging licensed victuallers were chosen to be admitted to the Licensed Victuallers’ Asylum at the Old Kent Road, a building which consisted …