This week at The Archive we are delighted to welcome Blackpool title the West Lancashire Evening Gazette to our collection of newspapers, as we have added 289,279 brand new pages in total over the last seven days. Meanwhile, from Belper to Bexhill, from Harrogate to Hucknall, from Melton Mowbray to Morecambe, we’ve updated 20 of our existing titles.So read on to discover more from our new and updated titles of the week, as we mark 27 years this week since the release…

This week at The Archive we are going back to school with the addition of a duo of new scholastic titles, the Educational Times and the Woman Teacher. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, we’ve added another new title, the Argyllshire Advertiser, whilst we’ve also now surpassed the 83 million pages mark, as we have added a total of 258,481 brand new pages over the last week alone.Meanwhile, from Belfast to Beverley, from Derry to Durham, from Peterborough to Portadown, we’ve…

This week at The Archive we’re delighted to welcome a duo of brand new titles to our collection, as we look back to the launch of Worcestershire sauce by another duo, John Lea and William Perrins, on 28 August 1837. Meanwhile, from Ballymena to Bognor Regis, from Eastbourne to Epworth, from Skegness to South Shields, we have updated 21 of our existing titles from across England and Northern Ireland. In all, we’ve added 279,027 brand new pages to The Archive over the last seven…

Just when did ‘Brits abroad’ get their bad reputation? And when did the phrase enter the vernacular? In this special blog, we explore the shocking history of the ‘Brits abroad’ stereotype, and learn how although this group of badly behaving tourists got their name in the 1980s, the British abroad have a long history of causing upset on their travels.Last week, we looked at the rise of Brits travelling abroad using our newspapers, and this week, again using newspapers…

This week at The Archive we are giving a hearty welcome to new title Chad (Alfreton), as we celebrate another local hero, this time miniaturist and friend of Harry Houdini, Randolph Douglas (1895-1956). Meanwhile, over the last seven days we have added another 285,136 brand new pages to The Archive, whilst from Brighouse to Broughty Ferry, from Carluke to Clitheroe, from Montrose to Morpeth, we have updated 21 of our existing titles from across England and Scotland.So read on to discover more…

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…

This week at The Archive we are celebrating reaching 82 million newspaper pages, as we welcome one brand new title to our collection, the Whitley Bay Guardian. Meanwhile, we have added 318,607 brand new pages in total, whilst from Bicester to Boston, from Hartlepool to Hastings, from Spilsby to Sunderland, we’ve updated seventeen of our existing titles from across England.So read on to discover more about all of our new and updated titles of the week, and also to learn about…

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…

With the 2024 Paris Olympics in full swing this week, we thought we’d take a look back at some Olympic history from the pages of our Archive, as we shine a light on the 1908 London Olympics and the controversial marathon race which took place during that competition. Moreover, of course, we have some fantastic new pages added to our collection for you this week, with 360,841 brand new pages joining us in total, with one brand new newspaper being added to The…

This week at The Archive we are marking reaching 81 million pages, as well as remembering the Concorde disaster in Paris, which took place 24 years ago this week. Meanwhile, we’ve added 366,562 brand new pages to our collection, as two brand new titles join us from County Down and Shropshire. Furthermore, from Chorley to Crawley, from Hartlepool to Hastings, from Sheffield to St. Andrews, we’ve updated fifteen of our titles from across England and Scotland.So read on to discover more about…