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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…

This week at The Archive, we’re rewinding the clocks and stepping into the heart of the Industrial Revolution with our five brand new titles. From the rise and fall of Chartism, to the inception of the modern Co-operative Movement, this week’s pages present a tale told primarily from the worker’s perspective.We’ve added 340,466 brand new pages in total this week, and with updates to a noble twenty-one of our pre-existing titles, there’s plenty to explore. One of these updates pertains…

This week The Archive has added 179,184 pages, including 13 brand new titles and additions to 26 existing titles.  Amongst the additions are thousands of pages that are now available to read for free.  You will find newspapers focused on the mining industry, shipping, potteries and more. Continue reading to explore more of our latest released.Register now and explore the ArchiveOur first new title of the week is the world famous Liverpool Journal of Commerce. This daily newspaper, which was established…

In October 1823, the Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser asserted:The charge and duty of Government are not merely to increase the numbers of men, but to promote and increase their happiness. Industry is the most powerful engine of this happiness, because it is the spring of all their riches. Government, then, should encourage labour, and by due reward, endeavour to avail of, and augment its useful products…The article, entitled ‘Political Economy,’ goes on to recommend how ‘the power of…

This week we have added a bumper crop of 165,856 brand new pages to The Archive. We are delighted to welcome a brand new Irish title to our collection – the Carlow Sentinel – as well as adding thousands of brand new pages to our existing publications from England, Wales and Ireland.Register now and explore the ArchiveThe Carlow Sentinel was established by Henry Malcomson in Tullow Street, Carlow, appearing every week on a Saturday. Meanwhile, we have published nearly 100 years of…

‘Disliking urban surroundings,’ Jane Austen ‘relied on the English countryside for her own happiness and for the background of her novels,’ so writes Wendy Hope in a 1975 Illustrated London News article. In this special blog, using pages taken from the British Newspaper Archive, we will explore the locations where celebrated novelist Jane Austen lived, wrote, and visited, and how they informed her novels.Want to learn more? Register now and explore The ArchiveIllustrated London News | 1 December 1975Bath – ‘A Determined…

This day marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. During the last two centuries, Jane Austen has become a household name. Austen and her modest-sized collection of works has enjoyed a vibrant presence in both academia and western culture, from quotes on magnets and clothing to movie adaptations and sequels to her novels. Austen’s name is equally as at home in highbrow literary essays and criticism as it is in contemporary periodicals meant for mass consumption, such as the…

In last night’s episode, we learned that Danny Dyer is a direct descendant of King Edward III, his 15 times great-grandfather. Many of us lack such famous ancestors, but that doesn’t make ours – and the times they lived in – any less interesting. Let’s take a look at Danny Dyer’s working-class ancestors – some strong male figures that Danny was hoping to find – and learn how the British Newspaper Archive can help you flesh out the lives of our predecessors.Strong male figures…

While researching A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England, author Sue Wilkes discovered an amazing romance which could have appeared in an Austen novel. We love hearing about what you’re finding in the newspapers. Tell us about your own discoveries in the comments section below. ************** Heiress Augusta Nicholson, a most intrepid young lady, showed great ingenuity when she fell in love with handsome John Giles, a penniless comedian.Miss Nicholson was a ward of chancery and would inherit £14,000 when she…