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Fittingly for our brand new platform, this week we are delighted to welcome five brand new titles to The Archive, with a total of 261,496 pages joining us in all. That's not it either, from across the UK and Ireland and even further afield, we've updated 46 of our existing titles. And as we voyage into these new waters, using our brand new shipping title, we explore the launches of some notable liners and merchant vessels from the late 19th and early…

We’re delighted as we march on with The Salvation Army to welcome another of the worldwide Christian church and registered charity’s titles to our ranks, namely the Young Soldier. The longest running continuously published children’s periodical in the world, alongside this fascinating publication we’ve also added five other new titles, and updated 22 of our existing titles from across the UK and Ireland. In all, we’ve added 207,356 brand new pages to The Archive over the last seven days.And this week,…

The career of marvellous detective fiction author, Agatha Christie, lasted a total of 50 impressive years. From the creation of her first novel in the height of World War One, to the posthumous publication of her last in 1976, the impact of societal, economic, political and cultural progression on her work cannot be understated. This week’s special blog will focus on a mighty subsection of the developing British climate, a symbol of modernity, grandeur, and personalised independence – the automobile.Let’s take a…

To mark the start of 2026, we’ve added 404,407 brand new pages to The Archive over the last fortnight, as we explore the remarkable history of PS Comet, the pioneering steamboat, which was launched in 1812 to connect Glasgow with Helensburgh.The New Year treats don’t stop there; we’ve added four brand new titles to our collection from England and Northern Ireland, whilst we’ve updated 21 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and Ireland. So read on to discover more about…

This week we are marking 200 years since the birth of the modern railway, with the addition of three brand new railway titles to our holdings. That’s not all, we’ve added 362,596 brand new pages to our collection, with extensive updates to one of the south coast’s most famous titles, the Portsmouth Evening News.Through our new railway titles this week, we’ll take a look at another important moment in railway history, the opening of the North British Railway in June 1846, which…

This September we are marking 200 years since the birth of the modern railway. On 27 September 1825 the first modern railway was opened, namely the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and what better way to celebrate this iconic transport first, than by uncovering 20 pioneering railway firsts from our Archive.Register now and explore The Archive1. The earliest mention of the word ‘railway’ in our Archive – March 1759Well before the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, railways, in the sense of tracks, were…

This week at The Archive we are thrilled to welcome a duo of brand new titles, which are North East England’s Middlesbrough Standard and Northern Ireland’s Dromore Leader. Alongside these brand new titles, we’ve added an amazing 309,730 brand new pages in total to our collection this week. Meanwhile, from Aberdeen to Alfreton, from Brighouse to Broughty Ferry, from Newtownabbey to Northamptonshire, we’ve updated 40 of our existing titles from across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland for you this week.So read…

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 to welcome brand new title the Cleckheaton & Spenborough Guardian, as we mark 57 years since the launch of Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2, fondly known as the QE2, on 20 September 1967. Meanwhile, we have added another 304,934 brand new pages to our collection, whilst we have updated 50 of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles of the week, and to learn about the…

This August at the British Newspaper Archive we are taking a look at the history of holidays, and in particular, the history of British holidaymakers travelling abroad. Nowadays, the holiday season is synonymous with trips to the airport, with holidays abroad bookable at just the click of a button.Decades ago, however, travelling abroad was not that easy. With strict limitations on travel money, the difficulties of booking travel abroad, potential holidaymakers faced a range of challenges in getting away…