British Newspaper Archive Subscription - historic newspapers online
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The British Newspaper Archive is an incredible resource for anyone who wants to immerse themselves and get lost in historic newspapers, all from the comfort and convenience of home. It is amazing what they can tell you about the past and the way people used to live. It's a great way to escape the 21st century, and go back in time! You can learn a lot about life and past times by looking at the newspapers and magazines. The Archive is growing week by week. To help make things easier, there's even a handy 'search' box, so that they can search out a particular publication, region, country, county, town, place and even recently added titles. You can also see the papers which have been updated here. And the work never stops, giving your loved one all the more to go and explore without even leaving home! There are now over 94 million pages brought to you by FindmyPast and the British Library! Find out how they do it here. Pages added in the week of 26th August 2025 include some from Le Follet which was launched in 1846, being the British version of the Parisian fashion plate magazine. It was full of fashion news, as you can imagine! Pages from the Birmingham Pictorial and Dart and the Edmonton and Tottenham Weekly Guardian were also added. In all, 247,238 pages were added to the Archive! There are monthly, 3 month and 12 months subscriptions available as gifts. You can do a month for £14.99, three months for £33.49 and 12 months for £99.99. Subscribe to the British Newspaper Archive here |
| Newspapers are a window into past times They give a real flavour of what life was like, what was important, what mattered to people and what they wanted to hear about. You can get a “feel” for the times and what was happening locally and nationally, day to day. Letters and editorials give you a really good idea of the views people held at the time of publication, and also of attitudes. For instance, local advertisements, local events, even notices in the personal ads, give a flavour of local life. If you're researching the family history, it can particularly give you an inkling of what the lives of your relatives might have been like. Can you imagine what people would have been discussing at the dinner table, or the events they would have been looking forward to at the weekend? What would they have been tempted to buy as a result of the adverts in the papers? So what can you search for with The British Newspaper Archive? The Archive has an amazing search facility, to help you find what you're looking for. You can search by newspaper, region, country, county, the type of resource you're looking for, and the date you're looking for, so it's a mine of information on things such as:
What else does the Archive have?
The Archive is a partnership between the British Library and Findmypast. The British Library’s collection is huge – it’s got newspapers from 1603 to the present day, as well as 300,000 reels of microfilm.
Immerse yourself in history by delving into historic newspapers, all from the comfort of home! |
