With the Summer Solstice fast approaching, as well as the midpoint of the year and Midsummer’s Day, we at The Archive were keen to delve into the traditions and superstitions surrounding this time of year.With a history of celebration in Britain and Ireland that predates Christianity and the Roman invasion, in this special blog we are going to take a look at the history and origins of Summer Solstice celebrations, as well as investigating the range of traditions that…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome 148,935 brand new pages to our collection, as we explore superstitions around Friday the thirteenth, and the death of a French aviator some 115 years ago. Meanwhile, we’ve welcomed four brand new titles to The Archive, with updates to 20 of our existing titles, with over half of our updated titles this week hailing from Scotland.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and also…

This week we are marking of the ninetieth anniversary of the release of the Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps, which came out on 6 June 1935. Meanwhile, we are celebrating the addition of eight brand new newspaper titles, the updating of twelve of our existing titles, as we have added 150,950 brand new pages to The Archive in all over the last seven days.So read on to discover more about the release of The 39 Steps and to learn more about our new…

This week at The Archive we’re excited to welcome five brand new titles to our collection, and we’re especially delighted to welcome one of the longest running Free Church newspapers to our holdings, namely the Baptist Times. Meanwhile, we’ve added 125,635 brand new pages to The Archive in all over the past seven days, with updates to eleven of our existing titles, including to the world’s oldest English language general daily newspaper still in circulation, the Belfast News-Letter.So read on…

This week at The Archive we celebrating reaching over 92 million pages now available to search, as we also look back at a largely forgotten part of industrial history, the Blackburn Corporation Strike. There’s a lot to celebrate this week, as we’ve added nine brand new titles to our collection, alongside 125,764 brand new pages in all.So be sure to read on to discover more about all of our nine new titles of the week, and to learn which of our 29…

This week at The Archive we have somewhat of a naval flavour, as we welcome brand new title the Naval & Military Record and Royal Dockyards Gazette to our collection, amongst seven other brand new titles. Here at The Archive we are dedicated to serving a range of research needs, and our new titles this week cover everything from the navy and military to the co-operative movement, from sport in the Midlands to religion in Liverpool.So read on to discover…

This week at The Archive we are marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day by examining the striking front pages of our newspapers. We’re also continuing to add new pages to our collection, with 125,548 brand new pages joining us over the last seven days, which includes the addition of five brand new newspaper titles and the updating of eighteen of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.So read on to see the headlines…

This month marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day – the day that peace in Europe was finally declared. After nearly six years of conflict – how did the newspapers of the time report the momentous news? How did the people of Britain react?Gloucestershire Echo | 8 May 1945Using the front pages from the 8 May 1945, VE Day itself, we take a step back in time to discover just how the joyous news spread, and how it was reacted to.Register now and explore…

This week at The Archive we are marking May Day and its associated customs, as we welcome six new titles to our collection. Meanwhile we’ve added 55,867 brand new pages to our holdings this week, whilst we’ve updated 32 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and even further afield.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and also to learn more about May Day and how it…

This week is a special week in newspaper history, as it marks 125 years since the first publication of the Daily Express, which we are proud to publish in full, from 1900 to 1999. Meanwhile, we’ve a special Suffolk focus this week at The Archive, with the publication of one brand new title from that particular county, whilst we have also updated five of our existing Suffolk titles. We’ve added a grand total of 147,575 brand new pages to The Archive, with five brand…