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This week, we’ve added three exciting newspaper titles to The Archive, covering intermittent years between 1877 and 1919. We’ve also updated 33 pre-existing titles from across Britain and Ireland, with a total of 265,524 new pages added.Register now and explore The Archive Mitcham and Tooting MercuryThis week’s first brand new addition is the Mitcham and Tooting Mercury. Previously named the Mitcham and Tooting Mercury, Streatham & Balham Times (before switching to a shortened title in 1918), this local paper reported on news from across…

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…

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…

Thanks to one of our five new titles this week, we will never again underestimate the power of a good cup of tea. Join us at The Archive as we remember the biggest tea party of the war – and the woman who made it happen. Additionally, we will uncover the birth of secularist thought with another of our new titles, the Freethinker’s Magazine. With a commendable 302,734 brand new pages added this week, and updates to twenty-eight of our pre-existing titles,…

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’re rolling out the red carpet for the release of our newest national title, the Daily Star. Established in 1978, this newspaper speaks to decades of social, cultural, and economic fluctuations that help define the trajectory of British history. Exploration of the 236,096 brand new pages now available on The Archive unveil what the British public were loving, despising, ridiculing, and chortling at in the latter half of the twentieth century. From celebrity scandals, to royal anniversaries,…

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…