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This week at The Archive we are delighted to be joined by five fantastic new titles from across Britain and Ireland, as we turn the clock back 165 years to remember a devastating outbreak of yellow fever that swept through HMS Firebrand. That’s not all, as we’ve added a grand total of 100,308 brand new pages to our collection, with 29 of our existing titles being updated over the last seven days.So read on to discover more about our new and updated…

We have a healthy dose of new titles for you at The Archive this week, as we welcome popular medical paper the Family Doctor and People’s Medical Adviser to our collection, alongside six other brand new titles. From a pictorial record of Birmingham in the 1880s, to an early 20th century motorcycle journal, from a Baptist newspaper to a title advocating housing reform, our new titles this week cater to an extraordinary range of interests.Meanwhile, overall, we’ve added 336,654 brand…

This week at The Archive we are delving into the history of nursing with the addition of brand new title the Nursing Times, as we mark both the anniversary of Florence Nightgale’s birth on 12 May 1820, and the anniversary of Mary Seacole’s death on 14 May 1881. We’re also exploring an important part of the UK’s religious history this week, with the addition of what is thought to be the country’s first Muslim newspaper. In what is a bumper week, we’ve added a…

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 put in a sterling effort as we have now reached over 87 million pages, having added 299,609 brand new pages in all, alongside two brand new titles (the Rotherham Advertiser and the Stirling Journal and Advertiser), as we get into the festive spirit by exploring an Edwardian Christmas. That’s not all, as from Brechin to Bridgnorth, from Crawley to Cumbernauld, from Larne to Leamington Spa, we’ve updated 22 of our existing titles from across England, Scotland…

In the early 1900s British authorities took a new approach to education: open air schools. Inspired by methods of teaching in Germany, these open air schools were intended to provide disadvantaged city children with fresh air, alleviating their poor health and preventing the spread of tuberculosis.In this special blog, using newspapers taken from our Archive, we will investigate the open air schools of the 1900s, from their early inception, to how they continued to play a role in education…

This March at The Archive we are celebrating inspiring women from history, who broke boundaries across different fields, whether they be medical, sporting, political and much more besides. We will be highlighting those inspiring women who broke the mould, and we will be showcasing the achievements of some lesser known women along the way, who deserve recognition for their trailblazing lives and careers.And in this special blog, we will be looking at ten inspiring women from history who you…

With less than a week to go until Christmas, we have an array of Christmas treats with which to spoil you, as we have added 599,426 brand new pages and 19 brand new newspaper titles to The Archive over the past seven days. Meanwhile, we’ve also reached 61 million pages in total on the site, a remarkable achievement to round off what has been a remarkable year for us.So read on to discover more about our new titles of the week, which…

Leslie Deakin, writing for The Tatler in November 1951, explains how ‘Christmas has its own traditions in games,’ and so, in this special blog, we are going to look at 20 Christmas party games from years gone by, all taken from our newspapers.From the familiar games that we know and love today, to those that have fallen out of fashion, we will explore 20 different Christmas party games that may or may not provide you with some inspiration for your celebrations this…

As Christmas is once more upon us, and the world slowly starts to go back to normal after several years of lockdowns, Christmas parties are again back in vogue. It got us wondering here at The Archive how the Christmas party has changed and developed over time. Naturally, we turned to our newspapers to discover more, learning how the key components of food, drink and music have always been part of historic Christmas celebrations.So in this special blog, we…