Up for a two day visit to Boston Spa to talk and see all things newspaper. Go to check into our hotel in York and find we’re opposite the old Yorkshire Herald building.
The proprietor of the Court Gazette accused the New Court Gazette of deceiving readers into thinking it was a continuation of the former publication. This was not without foundation - the 'New' in the title became smaller as time passed, & in 1841 it was dropped altogether. 2/2
The City of London Trade Protection Circular (1848-49) is today's #MastheadMonday. A specialist newspaper, it acted as an early credit-check and information sharing tool. It was published for much longer as a private circular. It’s free-to-view here: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/city-...
A wonderful day visiting the National Newspaper Building at Boston Spa, and all the incredible people who help to process and look after the thousands of newspapers that arrive at the Library every year.
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Today’s #MastheadMonday offering, Bell’s Penny Dispatch (1841-1842), could not settle on a title or a masthead for any length of time. It was packed with sensational news and serialised fiction. Digitised by the BL & free-to-view on the BNA: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/bells...
Today's #MastheadMonday is The Standard of Freedom (1848-51). It was published by John Cassell as a family newspaper aimed at those with a reformist mindset, advocating 'Political, Commercial & Religious Freedom'. Digitised by the BL & free-to-view: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/stand...
Following on from last week, today’s #MastheadMonday is the New Court Gazette (1840-46), a society paper: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/new-c... It was founded after the close of the Court Gazette (1838-40; 1841) with the same publisher & many shared contributors. 1/2
You can now access electronic legal deposit journal issues, journal articles and books catalogued before October 2023 using the PCs in our Reading Rooms.
Find out more about what content is available and how to access it here: link.bl.uk/9kt
Postdoctoral fellowship alert!
Come and work with me researching colonial deposit and the British Library’s newspaper collection.
Get some great hands-on experience, while undertaking vital research into the collecting policies and practices that shaped our collections.
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Beth Gaskell
Beth Gaskell
Today's #MastheadMonday is the Court Gazette (1838-40; 1841): a society newspaper that became embroiled in the disputed world of C19th horticulture. Plagued by injunctions & bankruptcy, it eventually had its title stolen by a rival. It’s free-to-view www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/court...
Beth Gaskell
Two funded-fellowship opportunities for early career, postdoctoral researchers.
