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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…

We’re rounding off the month of May at The Archive with six brand new titles, as we take you from the flourishing seaside resort of Rhyl and into the heart of the Victorian tricycle craze, remembering those who helped cement its place in motoring history. This week we have added 360,654 brand new pages, and have updated twenty-five of our pre-existing titles.Country Life | 18 July 1963So keep reading to uncover hidden secrets buried within our new titles, and to learn more…

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…

Hear ye, hear ye, this week at The Archive we have a treat for you as we welcome five brand new newspapers to our collection, covering everything from the Irish whiskey trade to Midlands satire, the latter through the medium of the Magpie and the Birmingham Town Crier. That’s not all, as we welcome 246,880 brand new pages in all to our ever-growing holdings, whilst we’ve also updated nine of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom, as we reach…

We are positively bustling with new titles this week, with five brand new titles for you to explore, including fashion favourite Le Follet. Meanwhile, we’ve added a grand total of 247,238 brand new pages to The Archive over the last seven days, with updates to eleven of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and beyond.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and also to learn about, through the stunning pages…

With four new titles and an update to one existing publication, 122,625 pages joined the archive this week, taking our total page count to an impressive 90,342,468.Register now and explore The ArchiveThis week’s new pages come from the Emerald Isle – so it’s never been easier to uncover rich stories about Ireland and its people.Our new Irish titles cover intermittent years between 1870 and 1916. This key period in Ireland’s history saw several momentous social and political shifts, including the rise of…

This week at The Archive we have added two brand new titles to our collection – the Blackpool Gazette and the Scunthorpe Star – as we’ve added 304,982 brand new newspaper pages in all over the last seven days. Meanwhile, from Chichester to Cleckheaton, from Fraserburgh to Frome, from Pembrokeshire to Perthshire, we’ve updated 34 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom.So read on to discover more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to…

We’ve added 315,856 new pages to The Archive this week, taking our total page count up to a mind-boggling 85,317,265. We’re delighted to welcome two new English newspaper titles – the Darlington Telegraph and the Sandwell Chronicle – to our collection.We’ve also updated 15 of our existing titles, so there are fascinating new pages from Belfast to Biggleswade for you to discover.Read on to learn more about this week’s new and updated titles, and uncover a spooky story or two from within this…

This October we’re exploring the historical superstitions and traditions from across the British Isles and Ireland. Here, we’ve compiled 30 of the most intriguing historical superstitions, sourced from our newspaper collection.From the more well-known superstitions, for example, not passing underneath a ladder, or throwing spilled salt over your shoulder, to those you may not have heard of, like giving a knife along with a penny, anyone?), without any further ado, here are 30 fascinating superstitions from history for you to peruse.…

Another week here at The Archive and we’re delighted to introduce yet another brand new newspaper title to our collection, Yorkshire’s Pudsey & Stanningley News. The newness does not stop there, however, as we’ve added 206,336 brand new pages to The Archive all together over the last seven days. Meanwhile, from Ballymena to Barnoldswick, from Wolverhampton to Worthing, from Halifax to Hartlepool, we’ve updated 25 of our existing titles from across the UK and Ireland.So read on to discover more about our…