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 gro...
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A History of the Independent
The Independent is part of the Independent News & Media group owned by the Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly (...
A History of the Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror newspaper is part of Mirror Group Newspapers, which is a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror plc. It i...
A History of the Edinburgh Evening News
The Edinburgh Evening News is a daily newspaper and website based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Read about Edinburgh E...
A History of the Times Newspaper
The Times newspaper is published in London and is one of Britain’s oldest and most impactful newspapers. It rema...
Lady Astor: The First Woman in Parliament
100 years ago this November, Nancy Astor was elected to Parliament, becoming Britain’s first female MP. This pos...
Wall St. Lays An Egg: The Wall Street Crash, As Viewed Through the Papers
1929 saw the Roaring Twenties come to a sudden end with the Wall Street Crash in October. This post will uncover...
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The Tate Murders Newspaper Coverage
August 8 – 9, 2019 marked 50 years since the Tate Murders. Revisiting newspapers that captured the event in harr...
1949 Cold War Events
Many historians believe the Cold War was inevitable, and there were several major events in 1949 that set it in ...
A Year in History: Timeline of 1959 Events
Alaska became America’s 49th state, Hawaii became the 50th state and primates Miss Able and Miss Baker were laun...
A Year in History: 1939 Timeline
Major 1939 events signalled the coming of the Second World War. The interwar period represented an era of signif...
1929 Timeline
The year 1929 brought with it the end of the Roaring Twenties, and saw the Wall Street Crash which started a wor...
A Year in History: Timeline of 1969 Events
What happened in 1969? The war ended. The swinging sixties quivered with change. A chain of famous events in 196...
Man on the Moon: Remembering Apollo 11
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of man’s first steps on the Moon. On July 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin...
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Suffragette Martyr: The Death of Emily Davison
Emily Wilding Davison was born in South East London in 1872. She was a high-achiever, and completed a Bachelor o...
The Franz Ferdinand Assassination: A Catalyst for World War One
The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, is a major historical event that shocked th...
World's First Passenger Railway
Railroads were already in existence for quite some time, used primarily to transport goods, prior to the idea of...
Queen Elizabeth II: The Early Years
Queen Elizabeth was born at 2:40am on 21st April 1926 at her maternal grandfather’s house at 17 Bruton Street in...
The Pre 1799 Rare Newspaper Collection
For hundreds of years, the reading medium of Newspapers has amassed a strong popularity since the time of Ancien...
The Final Days of The Third Reich and The Death of Adolf Hitler
On the 12th April 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt died at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia. Upon hearing the...
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