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A Year in History: Timeline of 1982 Events
February 28, 2020
1982 was an eventful year, with Ozzy Osbourne eating a bat live on stage, the Falkland War taking place and a new British Prince being...
A Year in History: Timeline of 1981 Events
February 20, 2020
In a year where a 19 inch colour TV cost £399, 1981 events are ones not to forget. From the first London Marathon taking place,...
Remembering Sylvia Pankhurst: Accomplishments and Legacy
To remember Sylvia Pankhurst’s legacy, we’ve created a short biography of her life and accomplishments within the women’s suffrage movement as well as her later...
A Year in History: Timeline of 1950 Events
November 14, 2019
At the beginning of a new decade, where the average house price was £1,940 and a gallon of petrol cost four shillings and sixpence (22p...
A History of the Observer
November 13, 2019
The Observer is part of the Guardian Media Group owned by the Scott Trust together with The Guardian and Manchester Evening News. It is a...
A History of the Guardian Newspaper
With a daily circulation of 141,160 as of 2019, The Guardian is printed Monday through Saturday in a mid-size format. In particular, the newspaper has...
A History of the Daily Record
The Daily Record is a popular Scottish newspaper published in Glasgow, Scotland. The newspaper is in tabloid format and reports on the latest Scottish, UK...
A History of the News of the World
Run under world-renowned media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, The News of the World was part of the News Corporation group. Running a weekly circulation of 2,987,730...
Lady Astor: The First Woman in Parliament
November 11, 2019
100 years ago this November, Nancy Astor was elected to Parliament, becoming Britain’s first female MP. This post will look at the life of Nancy...
1949 Cold War Events
July 14, 2019
Many historians believe the Cold War was inevitable, and there were several major events in 1949 that set it in motion. The 1949 Cold War...
A Year in History: 1939 Timeline
June 2, 2019
Major 1939 events signalled the coming of the Second World War. The interwar period represented an era of significant global changes. A brief term of...
1929 Timeline
May 23, 2019
The year 1929 brought with it the end of the Roaring Twenties, and saw the Wall Street Crash which started a worldwide Great Depression. Globally,...
Man on the Moon: Remembering Apollo 11
March 17, 2019
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of man’s first steps on the Moon. On July 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins became the...
Suffragette Martyr: The Death of Emily Davison
November 3, 2018
Emily Wilding Davison was born in South East London in 1872. She was a high-achiever, and completed a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Royal...
The Franz Ferdinand Assassination: A Catalyst for World War One
October 21, 2018
The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, is a major historical event that shocked the world. The Franz Ferdinand assassination took...
Paper Rationing During World War II
June 3, 2016
Rationing didn’t suddenly start at the beginning of the Second World War since it took time for the war to bite, nor did rationing suddenly...
Sunday Newspapers in the 1940s
March 12, 2015
Sunday newspapers are so rare because most of the stock we receive at the archive now is from bound volumes stored by libraries. However, these...
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