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...
Paper Rationing During World War II
Rationing didn’t suddenly start at the beginning of the Second World War since it took time for the war to bite,...
Sunday Newspapers in the 1940s
Sunday newspapers are so rare because most of the stock we receive at the archive now is from bound volumes stor...
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