From the archives

From the archive: President acts to prevent more racial violence
From the Archive, 21 May 1961: Kennedy sends more than five hundred marshals into Alabama to stop attacks on Negro citizens

Max Freedman in Washington

20, May, 2009 @10:03 PM

From the archive, 14 May 1932: The Lindbergh tragedy

From the archives, 14 May 1932 The discovery of the body of Colonel Lindbergh's baby was the tragic climax of a protracted tragedy

13, May, 2009 @11:01 PM

From the archives: Minister warns smokers over cancer risk

8 May 1956: The Minister of Health announces the first 'incontrovertible association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer'

07, May, 2009 @11:01 PM

From the archive, 28 April 1937: Town of ten thousand in ruins

Press Association: on the German bomb raid that devastated the town of Guernica in Bilbao

Press Association Foreign Special

27, Apr, 2009 @11:01 PM

From the archives: The execution of Pierre Laval

From the archives: October 16 1946 Pierre Laval was shot to-day at 12.32 after a vain attempt to poison himself had delayed his execution

15, Oct, 2008 @11:01 PM

From the archives: Thomas Hardy on village labourers

From the archives: Thomas Hardy on village labourers

05, Jan, 2008 @11:46 PM

From the archives: Theft of the Stone of Scone

From the archives: Scotland Yard had no further news tonight of the Coronation Stone, the Stone of Scone or the Stone of Destiny, as it is variously called

29, Dec, 2007 @11:32 PM

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From the archives: Alex Hamilton interviews Graham Greene (September 1971)

Alex Hamilton: We talked of chance encounters, and the luck that follows a writer. "An unexpected encounter," he said, "You think nothing is going right. I've got nothing to write about. Then out of the blue somebody comes across and the whole thing starts."

Alex Hamilton

11, Sep, 2007 @7:38 AM

Archive review: Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carroll

1871: Lewis Carroll's second modern fairy tale lies before us in a charming Christmas book.

30, Dec, 2006 @11:47 PM

From the archives: French fair

1867: The Paris International Regatta, as reported on July 11, 1867.

30, Jul, 2005 @12:04 AM

From the archives: The Great British holiday hunt

1980: Each day a picture of Chalkie's eyes appears in the Daily Mirror and each day holidaymakers memorise them, together with the line they must say to claim the £50 prize.

Alan Rusbridger

22, Jul, 2005 @11:21 PM

From the archives: The swim across the Channel

1875: Captain Webb's second attempt to swim across the Channel has been successful.

16, Jul, 2005 @12:35 AM

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