News of the World Archive

It was once the world’s highest-selling English language newspaper, but it came to a sordid end in 2011. With our archive dating back to 1900, you can be sure to find a copy from almost any date of the now defunct paper in our News of the World archive.

Search our archive of original old newspapers

Let our archivist don their specs and rifle through the stacks, to retrieve the exact newspaper you’re after.

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FROM $39.99

The News of the World Newspaper

The News of the World ran for 168 years, reporting on worldwide events, socialite news and current affairs. Select your day, month, and year to find that treasured title. The News of the World Newspaper
Your newspaper gift can be further personalised by adding the recipient’s name, the occasion, and a personal greeting on the Certificate of Authenticity, which acts as a guarantee that your copy is a genuine original newspaper.
Housing a collection of News of the World back issues, Historic Newspapers have the UK’s largest collection of this paper.
News of the World Supplements
The leading newspaper supplement in the News of the World was “Score”, a football section that is published weekly during the football season. The paper also came with the weekly glossy magazine, “Fabulous”.“Fabulous” replaced the “Sunday” and “Big on TV” magazines on 3rd February 2008. It contained real life stories and celebrity interviews, in addition to a variety of features on topics such as body and soul, fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and astrologer “Mystic Meg” have both written popular columns in the “Fabulous” magazine, and it also includes seven-day television listings.

Our passion for history shows

3 million old newspapers in the archive.

100s of newspaper titles.

Authentic, original papers. Not copies.

History in your hands

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A gift they won’t be expecting

Forget flowers. Sidestep the sock aisle. An original newspaper to commemorate a date from your recipient’s past is a memory that’ll last.

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CHOOSE a deluxe gift box to protect this incredible gift for years to come.

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PRESERVED IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE ARCHIVE

Your newspaper will come from the echoing halls of the Historic Newspapers archive in Western Scotland, overseen by our team of ten archivists.

SELECTED AND RESTORED BY HAND

After you make your order, an archivist examines your paper, page by page. The paper is pressed flat and any flaws are rectified with archival repair tape.

PERSONALISED, PRESENTED AND DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR

Choose a gift box, and if you wish, add a bottle of the recipient’s favourite drink. However you choose to personalise your gift, it’ll be delivered within five days.

insights from our archivist

These aren’t replicas. They’re the actual newspapers that sat on newsstands up to 125 years ago. The one you buy could be the last copy in existence.

Prices can vary for several reasons, like popularity of a specific day, whether the paper is local or national, the paper’s age, and the number of copies left.

Missing papers give us a window into history. If a paper isn’t available for the date you’re after, it could be because that newspaper was on strike during the period.

FLYING OFF THE NEWSSTANDS

Bestsellers leave public ‘clamouring for copies’, reports suggest.