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Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week

This week at The Archive we are giving a hearty welcome to new title Chad (Alfreton), as we celebrate another local hero, this time miniaturist and friend of Harry Houdini, Randolph Douglas (1895-1956). Meanwhile, over the last seven days we have added another 285,136 brand new pages to The Archive, whilst from Brighouse to Broughty Ferry, from Carluke to Clitheroe, from Montrose to Morpeth, we have updated 21 of our existing titles from across England and Scotland. So read on

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On this day, 31 October

Egon Schiele

While we overwhelmingly mark 31 October as simply the celebration of Halloween, we wanted to highlight some other events that have occurred on this day over the years. On this day One event that had an overwhelming and lasting impact took place on this day in 1517: Martin Luther posted on the door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, his 95 Theses. The ever-expanding United States admitted its 36th state on 31 October 1864: Nevada. One of the earliest transcontinental highways in

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