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The wait is nearly over. We’re pleased to confirm that the British Newspaper Archive will officially move to its new site on Tuesday 28 July 2026.This marks a major milestone in the evolution of the archive, designed to make discovering, saving, and developing your newspaper research easier, faster, and more flexible than ever before.What happens on 28 July? On 28 July, the current British Newspaper Archive site will transition to the new experience. From that day: Visiting the British Newspaper Archive will…

This week at The Archive, we’re bringing you five fabulous new titles from the nineteenth century. We will uncover a period of rapid expansion and industrialisation as we navigate across Britain and Ireland. From Sheffield and Birmingham to Carlow and Clonmel, we’ll reveal how local papers dealt with turbulent political, economic, and religious transformations. With 300,944 new pages added, and updates to thirty-two of our pre-existing titles, we guarantee something will suit your taste this week.Illustrated Police News | 29 June 1867Join…

If you’re returning to the British Newspaper Archive after the site update in July and can’t find your old bookmarks or saved searches, don’t worry! Nothing has been lost. Here’s where everything went, and why.Everything migrated to WorkspacesWhen the new site is launched, all legacy bookmarks and saved searches will be preserved and moved into Workspaces, the new home for everything related to your research. To find them, sign in and open Workspaces from the main navigation. Finding…

In this special blog, we look how features on the new British Newspaper Archive can turn newspaper clippings into structured, shareable research.Collections & Workspaces Searching the British Newspaper Archive is often the starting point of discovery, a name, a place, a moment in time. But the real value emerges after the search, when individual clippings are brought together, shaped, and interpreted. That’s where themed collections and workspaces come in. Used well, they transform isolated articles into structured research, coherent narratives,…

An exciting feature of the new British Newspaper Archive will be the advanced search capabilities that are coming to the site.Searching historic newspapers has always been a balancing actSearching historic newspapers has always been a bit of a tightrope walk. Search too narrowly and you miss the articles you need. Cast the net too wide and you’re wading through pages of irrelevant results. Throw in inconsistent spelling, occasionally damaged print, and the inevitable quirks of Optical Character Recognition…

July is getting closer, and so is the launch of the new British Newspaper Archive. Here’s everything you need to know about how the migration is going, what happens next, and what (if anything) you need to do. The migration is on track Behind the scenes, our teams have been working carefully to make sure everything is ready for day one.  Everything is progressing well, and we’re on track for the migration to take place in July. We’ll confirm the…

Exciting news, we’re delighted to announce that we’re rebuilding the British Newspaper Archive on a modern, future-ready foundation, one that will grow with you and open the door to powerful new capabilities. All the popular features and capabilities will still be here, with a range of thoughtful improvements and enhancements designed to make your experience even better. We’re planning to move across to the new site in Summer 2026. As we get closer, we’ll share exact dates. You won’t need to…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome brand new title the Cheadle and Tean Times to our collection, as well looking back at the town of Cheadle’s remarkable fundraising efforts during the Second World War. And that’s not all, we’ve added a total of six brand new titles this week, covering everything from miners’ issues in Stoke-on-Trent to sport in the 1820s. Meanwhile, from Dundee to Dromore, from Flint to Feltham, from Leamington to Longford, we’ve updated…

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…