The Times and The Sunday Times Subscription
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If you know of someone who loves keeping up with the news, how about giving them a subscription to TheTimes and The Sunday Times?
The papers both pride themselves on keeping us all well informed. There's news and views to read, comment and analysis to digest and mull over. From politics to travel, food and drink to the environment, law, world news, property and home, lifestyle, parenting, health and fitness, culture, sport, business and money - there's plenty to keep you immersed on what's going on. There are cartoons to make us smile and puzzles to work your brain. Writers include Daniel Winkelstein, Matthew Parris, Matt Syed, Janice Turner, Libby Purves, Caitlin Moran, Giles Coren and Dolly Alderton, all penning articles and comments on a wide range of topics.
Read all about it in The Times on Saturday 17th January 2026...
- Sack Streeting for disloyalty, cabinet allies urge Starmer
- In depth: Who's with the PM? Inside Labour's cabinet showdown
- Trump names Blair, Kushner and Rubio to Gaza peace board
- I told West Midlands force not to rehire 'bully' police chief
- Kemi solves her Jenrick problem but a tougher test lies ahead
- Eight ways to beat the January blues - by a top psychotherapist
- Weekend Essay, Simon Sebag Montefiore: Iran's ayatollah will fall - but the road may be long and deadly
- Drug costing just £2.50 will extend life of prostate cancer patients
- What is South East Water's boss doing to solve the crisis?
- Saving Cold Call, the seal pup who washed up under a Norfolk bush
- NHS bosses violated nurses's dignity over trnas colleague, tribunal rules
- Comment, Caitlin Moran: my dog's terrified and shaking. Thanks, fireworks
- Comment, Fraser Nelson: Jenrick gives Tories the chance of clarity
- Comment, Nature Notebook: Jonathan Tulloch: Flocking to the field for a wintery cacophony
- Money: A fifth of young people relying on inheritance instad of a pension
- Life & Style, Joe Swift: The plants to prune now - and the ones to avoid
- Sport: Six Nations: Borthwick has best back-three talent in a generaton - so who should he pick?
- Sport, Football: Calm Carrick the antidote to chaos of Amorim's exit
- Culture: Books, Interview: Horrible Histories' Terry Deary: 'Some traitors have been absolute heroes'
- Travel, Huw Oliver: We are a nation of sad, nerdy holiday planners - myself included
- Travel: How to experience the forgotten, green side of Greece
- Travel: Never skied before? These are the best resorts for beginners
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The Times' history
The Times was founded back in 1785 by editor and publisher John Walter I, the aim being "to record the principal occurrences of the times” for the service of the public. It was actually calledl Daily Universal Register at first, and then it became The Times in 1788. Today, it is very much reporting on the main occurences of our times, covering everything from World News to business, sport, law, fashion, wellbeing , home and garden, the environment, society, politics, Scotland, the Register – and of course Letters to the Editor, Comment (always good to read).
In the first edition, Walter explained that "like a well-covered table, it should contain something suited to every palate” including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements” and it still holds true to that today.
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The Sunday Times has had an innovative and pioneering career ...
The Sunday Times was founded in 1822. It was a separate newspaper, and was innovative and pioneering, with the first female prorprietor in 1887 and female editor (1894), large illustrations, book serialisations and separate sections. It also had the first colour magazine supplement in 1962. Today, The Sunday Times has three magazines in print, Culture (useful for identifying the TV programmes you want to see in the week and immersing yourself in reviews of books, plays, the threatre etc), Style (all about fashion, places to eat and so on) and The Sunday Times magazine with fascinating articles
Online, there’s an Explore option, to take you to areas such as Politics, Life and Style, Luxury, Business and Finance, Society, Travel, Environment, Sport, Arts and Culture, Russian-Ukraine war. So wherever you are, you can keep in touch with what's happening!
You can take a quick look at what's covered each day through a drop down tab at the top of the page, and you can also check what's been featured and reported on in the last six days, too.