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The BNA project is the biggest programme of newspaper digitisation ever to take place in the UK, brought to you thanks to the partnership between Findmypast and the British Library. This digital archive currently holds over 60 million pages from historical newspapers across the UK and Ireland. The newspapers in the collection span five centuries, from the late 1600s to the 2000s. House Rules

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Selected by The Sketch, 28 December 1955, for a New Year's Eve party is this chignon hat in turquoise blue velvet with b...
27/12/2025

Selected by The Sketch, 28 December 1955, for a New Year's Eve party is this chignon hat in turquoise blue velvet with beading, with a matching necktie, from Pissot & Pavy https://bit.ly/3MNPb5k

'What Will 1926 Bring? - Forecasts by Experts - 'Bumper Year for British Trade' - 1926 As Famous Men See It - New Wonder...
27/12/2025

'What Will 1926 Bring? - Forecasts by Experts - 'Bumper Year for British Trade' - 1926 As Famous Men See It - New Wonders - Unexplored Marvels of 'Rays' and Wireless,' Sunday Express, 27 December 1925 https://bit.ly/49cpyCM

With the hustle and bustle of Christmas Day now over, for a Boxing Day activity you may want to take inspiration from ac...
26/12/2025

With the hustle and bustle of Christmas Day now over, for a Boxing Day activity you may want to take inspiration from actress Deanna Durbin, and use your decorations to dress up like a Christmas tree. We think she manages to do this quite stylishly - The Sketch, 21 December 1938 https://bit.ly/4p6Zajm

The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 26 December 1925, pictures Santa Claus making his rounds on Christmas Day https:/...
26/12/2025

The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 26 December 1925, pictures Santa Claus making his rounds on Christmas Day https://bit.ly/4pboDZk

Wishing all our friends, followers and subscribers a very Happy Christmas today from all of us at the British Newspaper ...
25/12/2025

Wishing all our friends, followers and subscribers a very Happy Christmas today from all of us at the British Newspaper Archive. Our festive image is from the Illustrated London News, 19 November 1898 https://bit.ly/4pMgGuJ

The Vote, 25 December 1925, wishes its readers 'A Happy Christmas,' looking forward to new year that will bring 'votes f...
25/12/2025

The Vote, 25 December 1925, wishes its readers 'A Happy Christmas,' looking forward to new year that will bring 'votes for every women' https://bit.ly/4qm3mgs

We love this bucolic scene presented by the Illustrated London News on Christmas Eve 1859. Drawn by E.M. Wimperis, the s...
24/12/2025

We love this bucolic scene presented by the Illustrated London News on Christmas Eve 1859. Drawn by E.M. Wimperis, the scene is captioned 'Christmas Eve - The Woodman's Cottage' https://bit.ly/49kYMco

The Leeds Mercury, 24 December 1925, wishes a 'Merry Christmas' to all its readers, whilst predicting a 'frosty yuletide...
24/12/2025

The Leeds Mercury, 24 December 1925, wishes a 'Merry Christmas' to all its readers, whilst predicting a 'frosty yuletide' https://bit.ly/3MGAGjL

Using our brand new title this week, the Greenwich and Deptford Chronicle, we explore a Christmas crime from 1869, in wh...
23/12/2025

Using our brand new title this week, the Greenwich and Deptford Chronicle, we explore a Christmas crime from 1869, in which several businesses in Deptford were robbed of their valuables, whilst their owners were out celebrating Christmas Day. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4b1pRTg

'The Glad Spirit of Christmas Takes Command' - the Daily Mirror, 23 December 1925, pictures the scene beside the huge tr...
23/12/2025

'The Glad Spirit of Christmas Takes Command' - the Daily Mirror, 23 December 1925, pictures the scene beside the huge tree at the Royal Northern Hospital, London https://bit.ly/4saTKXC

In a special Christmas tale for the TV Times, 20 December 1979, Coronation Street scriptwriter Leslie Duxbury looks back...
22/12/2025

In a special Christmas tale for the TV Times, 20 December 1979, Coronation Street scriptwriter Leslie Duxbury looks back to Christmas 1917 and an event 'that still strikes a nostalgic and painful chord in Ena Sharples' heart' https://bit.ly/3KCNvLm

'Christmas Shopping Held Up By Snow - Prospect of White Yuletide - Heavy Storms in Leicestershire Impede Traffic - Cheap...
22/12/2025

'Christmas Shopping Held Up By Snow - Prospect of White Yuletide - Heavy Storms in Leicestershire Impede Traffic - Cheaper Christmas Cheer,' Leicester Daily Mercury, 22 December 1925 https://bit.ly/4p9jXTD

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The BNA project is the biggest programme of newspaper digitisation ever to take place in the UK. This digital archive currently holds over 35 million pages from historical newspapers across the UK and Ireland. The newspapers in the collection span four centuries, from the early 1700s to the 2000s. Register today and discover history as it happened.