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This week at The Archive we are delighted to be joined by five fantastic new titles from across Britain and Ireland, as we turn the clock back 165 years to remember a devastating outbreak of yellow fever that swept through HMS Firebrand. That’s not all, as we’ve added a grand total of 100,308 brand new pages to our collection, with 29 of our existing titles being updated over the last seven days.So read on to discover more about our new and updated…

We have a healthy dose of new titles for you at The Archive this week, as we welcome popular medical paper the Family Doctor and People’s Medical Adviser to our collection, alongside six other brand new titles. From a pictorial record of Birmingham in the 1880s, to an early 20th century motorcycle journal, from a Baptist newspaper to a title advocating housing reform, our new titles this week cater to an extraordinary range of interests.Meanwhile, overall, we’ve added 336,654 brand…

This week at The Archive we are delving into the history of nursing with the addition of brand new title the Nursing Times, as we mark both the anniversary of Florence Nightgale’s birth on 12 May 1820, and the anniversary of Mary Seacole’s death on 14 May 1881. We’re also exploring an important part of the UK’s religious history this week, with the addition of what is thought to be the country’s first Muslim newspaper. In what is a bumper week, we’ve added a…

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’re exploring the traditions surrounding Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day, as we welcome a trio of brand new newspapers to our holdings. Furthermore, we’re delighted to be welcoming 151,872 brand new pages in all this week, whilst we have updated fourteen of our existing titles from across the United Kingdom and Ireland.So read on to discover more about our new and updated newspapers this week, and also to learn more about the history of Midsummer…

With the Summer Solstice fast approaching, as well as the midpoint of the year and Midsummer’s Day, we at The Archive were keen to delve into the traditions and superstitions surrounding this time of year.With a history of celebration in Britain and Ireland that predates Christianity and the Roman invasion, in this special blog we are going to take a look at the history and origins of Summer Solstice celebrations, as well as investigating the range of traditions that…

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.…

This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome a duo of brand new titles to our collection, the Alnwick Guardian and County Advertiser and the Newport Pagnell Citizen, as we explore the Northumberland tradition of the kern dinner, which is held to celebrate the harvest home. Meanwhile, we have added 146,333 brand new pages to our collection in total, whilst we have updated 21 of our existing titles.So read on to discover more about our new and updated titles…

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…

This week at The Archive we marking the leap day of 29 February by adding 247,740 brand new pages, as well as examining the tradition of the leap year proposal. We’ve also added a duo of new titles, whilst we’ve updated 69 of our existing titles from across the world, from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Caribbean, New Zealand and Hong Kong.So read on to discover more about the tradition of the leap year proposal, our two new titles,…