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14 Remarkable Cat Tales From The Archive

14 Remarkable Cat Tales From The Archive

Cats have been companions to humans for an estimated 10,000 years, and in this special blog, we present fourteen remarkable cat tales taken ...
The Theft of The Mona Lisa As Told Through Our Newspapers

The Theft of The Mona Lisa As Told Through Our Newspapers

The theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 is one of the art world’s most sensational crimes. The Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece was taken, alm...
Guest Blog: Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Birmingham’s First Black Minister, in the British Press, 1883-1889 by Sidonia Serafini and Barbara McCaskill

Guest Blog: Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Birmingham’s First Black Minister, in the British Press, 1883-1889 by Sidonia Serafini and Barbara McCaskill

At the British Newspaper Archive we are always delighted to hear how The Archive has been used to inform a range of different research inter...

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