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This week at The Archive we are sounding a War Cry, as we welcome the main UK and Irish periodical of The Salvation Army, the worldwide Christian church and a registered charity, to our collection. And that’s not all, as we’re also delighted to host updates to another The Salvation Army title, the Social Gazette. In all, we have 71,299 brand new pages for you to enjoy this week.In this week’s blog, we’ll take you through the fascinating history of…

This week at The Archive, we’re stepping back in time to 1897, walking through the doors of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, thanks to an article featured in one of our fascinating new titles. We’ve been busy, welcoming six brand new titles, and sixteen updates to our pre-existing titles, leaving us with a total of 225,300 pages added this week.Join us as we uncover a petty battle among East Anglian newspapers, dive into a pacifist paper created as an anti-war response to…

This week at The Archive we are marking St Patrick’s Day with the addition of five brand new Irish titles, and updates to 29 of our existing Irish titles, as we delve into a potential Oscar Wilde work, where all is not as it seems. Furthermore, in all, we’ve added 215,303 brand new pages to our collection, as The Archive continues to grow.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and also to read…

Wow, what a week it’s been, as we’ve reached over 100 million pages, and now, this week, we’re going to take you on a walk through 1850s London. It won’t quite top that 100 million pages feeling, but we’ve added another 259,715 brand new pages to The Archive from across the UK and Ireland, as we continue to add more historical newspapers to our collection.In all, this week, we’ve added four brand new titles from England and Ireland, as well as updating 22…

This week at The Archive we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with the ringing of some very special Wedding Bells, whilst we also explore a Blackpool bathing scandal which erupted in the summer of 1879. Furthermore, you may have noticed that our front page is ticking ever closer to our 100 million newspaper pages milestone. Contributing to this are the 286,735 brand new pages we have added this week alone, whilst we’ve added a total of seven brand new titles, and updated six of our…

To mark the start of 2026, we’ve added 404,407 brand new pages to The Archive over the last fortnight, as we explore the remarkable history of PS Comet, the pioneering steamboat, which was launched in 1812 to connect Glasgow with Helensburgh.The New Year treats don’t stop there; we’ve added four brand new titles to our collection from England and Northern Ireland, whilst we’ve updated 21 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and Ireland. So read on to discover more about…

This Christmas week at The Archive we are investigating a Christmas crime, as we welcome three brand new titles and 200,800 pages to our collection in all. The Christmas treats don’t stop there, however, with updates to six of our existing titles from the UK and Ireland.So read on to discover more about the Christmas crime which caused a stir in the Deptford community in December 1869, and also to learn about our new and updated titles of the week.Register…

This week at The Archive we’re on our bikes as we welcome the Bicycling News to our collection, and explore cycling smash hit ‘Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two’). That’s not all, as we’ve also added four other brand new titles to our collection, with updates to 15 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a total of 207,731 brand new pages joining us in all.So read on to discover more about the hit song ‘Daisy…

This week at The Archive we are celebrating the beginning of Advent and the approach of Christmas with the addition of a trio of brand new titles, and 200,872 brand new pages in all. Meanwhile, we have a bonanza of updated Scottish titles for you to enjoy this week, with nineteen newspapers from Scotland enjoying updates and 27 of our titles being updated overall.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and also to…

This week at The Archive we have been busy adding 204,327 brand new pages, as we remember the Great Fire of Edinburgh, which took place in November 1824. Meanwhile, we’ve added four brand new titles to The Archive, with one being dedicated to financial reform and another being dedicated to society gossip. Moreover, we’ve updated twelve titles from across the United Kingdom and Ireland.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles this week, and also to learn…