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This week at The Archive, we’re stepping back in time to 1897, walking through the doors of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, thanks to an article featured in one of our fascinating new titles. We’ve been busy, welcoming six brand new titles, and sixteen updates to our pre-existing titles, leaving us with a total of 225,300 pages added this week.Join us as we uncover a petty battle among East Anglian newspapers, dive into a pacifist paper created as an anti-war response to…

This week at The Archive we have added 211,776 new pages to our holdings. With a mighty 53 updated titles, and 9 brand new titles added, we take you from the complex underworld of women’s clothing design in London, to the threatening notices posted on gates and chapel doors in Hexham. Additionally, continue on to discover the swan scandal in Linlithgow that shook the town, and contributed to the wider conversation of human-related pollution in lochs across Scotland.Register now and explore The…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome a brand new title from the sunny south coast, the Bournemouth Times and Directory, as we take a moment to remember the devastating Bournemouth Blitz. In all, over the last seven days, we’ve added 366,686 brand new pages to our collection, whilst we’ve updated 25 of our existing titles from across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.So, from Buckingham to Burnley, from Dingwall to Driffield, from Mid Sussex to Mid Ulster, read…

This week at The Archive we are delighted that iconic story magazine the People’s Friend has become our friend, as we are joined by the first 59 years of the long-running Scottish title. Before we delve into the history of the wonderful People’s Friend, and explore one of its first ever stories, ‘Faithful and True,’ which appeared on its inaugural front page on 13 January 1869, we also wanted to celebrate the addition of 291,950 brand new pages, which have taken us over the 88…

We’ve added 153,774 pages to 10 regional titles to The Archive this week. We have added seventy-five years worth of material from between 1911 and 2003. Our additions focus on augmenting existing titles including the West Lancashire Evening Gazette which we first added in September of this year, and the Sussex Express which we first added to in 2013.The Sussex Express which first joined The Archive in 2013 has undergone many title changes. In 1857 it was The Sussex Agricultural Express, but as it masthead showed…

This week at The Archive, we’ve added an impressive 222,484 brand new pages, updating 48 existing titles and introducing 2 brand new ones! Dive in to explore our latest additions and pick up more tips and tricks on how to make the most of your research with The Archive.Register now and explore the ArchiveThis week, we’re excited to introduce the Garstang Courier to our growing collection of digitised historic newspapers. Covering the rich heritage of Garstang, a historic market town in…

This week at The Archive we’re delighted to welcome one brand new newspaper title to our collection, namely Yorkshire’s Hebden Bridge Times, alongside a total of 245,806 brand new pages. Meanwhile, from Derbyshire to Dunstable, from Eastbourne to Earlestown, from Thame to Todmorden, we have updated 15 of our existing titles from across England and Scotland.So read on to learn more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, as well as to discover more about poet laureate…

This week at The Archive we’re marking 108 years since daylight saving time was introduced in the United Kingdom, as we welcome 358,368 brand new pages to our collection. We’re delighted to introduce one brand new newspaper to our holdings too this week, which is the Newton and Earlestown Guardian, alongside updates to 30 of our existing titles.From Coleraine to Cumbernauld, from Fife to Fleetwood, from Leven to Louth, we’ve added new pages to titles from across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.…

Eighteenth century writer, philosopher and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft faced censure in her lifetime, not just for her radical beliefs, but also for her rejection of societal norms. Long after her death, however, attitudes began to shift, as she gained recognition as a trailblazing fighter for women’s equality and became an inspirational figure in the women’s suffrage movement.Following on from our blog on the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, in this second and final blog we shall examine the writer’s…

Eighteenth century writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft was an early advocate of women’s rights. Lambasted during her lifetime for her refusal to conform to societal norms, she is seen today as one of the first feminist philosophers.In part one of our special blog series, we will examine the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, using newspapers found in our Archive. We will trace her life from its early difficulties, through to the publication of her trailblazing novels and pamphlets, learning how…