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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…

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 we are stepping into the history of a royal abode, namely Highgrove House, the private family residence of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. As we open the doors of Highgrove, thanks to the addition of local Gloucestershire newspaper the Tetbury Advertiser, we welcome a total of six brand new titles to our Archive, as well as the updating of 52 of our existing titles, one for every week of the year. Meanwhile, in all, we’ve added 298,344 brand new…

Today is a momentous day in the history of the British Newspaper Archive – we have reached 100 million newspaper pages – all available for you to search at the click of a button. Indeed, to be accurate, we now have over 100 million newspaper pages for you to enjoy, as we tipped over this incredible figure with the addition of 206,718 brand new newspaper pages this week.Our 100 millionth newspaper page comes from none other than the wonderfully historic Dundee Courier. Read on to…

Today is a momentous day. Some fifteen years after the launch of the British Newspaper Archive, we have achieved the milestone of 100 million newspaper pages available to search as part of our collection. 100 million pages of stories waiting for you to uncover, from the length and the breadth of the United Kingdom, Ireland and beyond, covering five centuries of news.To celebrate this remarkable achievement, we’ll take a look at how we reached our 100 million newspaper pages landmark, exploring the…

This week at The Archive we are bringing the drama with the addition of a new title devoted to the theatre, as well as another new title which saw its owner get into hot water over his comments on the trial of Queen Caroline in 1820. In all, we have five brand new titles this week, as well as updates to 25 of our existing titles from across the UK and beyond, with 238,144 new pages added overall.So read on to discover…