Records of The Observer newspaper 1907-[ongoing]

Guardian News & Media Limited

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The Manchester Guardian was founded by John Edward Taylor in 1821, and was first published on 5 May of that year. The paper's intention was the promotion of the liberal interest in the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre and the growing campaign to repeal the Corn Laws that flourished in Manchester during this period. The Guardian was published weekly until 1836 when it was published on Wednesday and Saturday becoming a daily in 1855, when the abolition of Stamp Duty on newspapers pe...

Publishers of The Observer Limited, fl. 1907-1910

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The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

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Guardian News & Media Limited ( 1967-ongoing)

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Staff memoirs have been collected to record the memories of people who have worked for either the Guardian or the Observer. This project began in 2001. From the guide to the Guardian & Observer staff memoirs, 1997-2002, (Guardian News & Media Archive) ...

Publishers of The Observer Limited

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As befits the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, the history of the Observer is a volatile and varied one. The paper was founded in 1791 by WS Bourne on the simple premise that "the establishment of a Sunday newspaper would obtain him a rapid fortune"; within three years Bourne found himself £1,600 in debt. Though early editions of advertisements for the paper promised a paper "Unbiased by Prejudice - Uninfluenced by Party...Whose Principal is Independence", Bourne attempted to c...

Trelford, Donald Gilchrist., 1937-

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The Observer Limited

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As befits the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, the history of the Observer is a volatile and varied one. The paper was founded in 1791 by WS Bourne on the simple premise that "the establishment of a Sunday newspaper would obtain him a rapid fortune"; within three years Bourne found himself £1,600 in debt. Though early editions of advertisements for the paper promised a paper "Unbiased by Prejudice - Uninfluenced by Party...Whose Principal is Independence", Bourne attempted to c...

The Observer ( 1791-ongoing)

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Astor, David, Hon., 1912-2001

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