LibGuides: News Archives: UK &amp; Ireland

UK & Ireland Newspaper Collections

British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window Full text UK and Irish national, regional and local newspapers from the mid 18th to the mid 20th century. Cross searchable with other newspaper archives via Gale NewsVault. We have access to the full collection (parts 1-6).
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Burney Collection This link opens in a new window Full text news and ephemera from the 17th and 18th centuries, from Britain and the colonies. Holdings complement the Nichols Collection.
Irish Newspaper Archives This link opens in a new window Full text searchable and browseable Irish newspaper titles from the 1700's to present day, providing a unique perspective on Irish history as reported in the national and regional press of the day.
Irish Radical Newspaper Archives This link opens in a new window Collection of 106 newspapers, journals, pamphlets and bulletins from both North and South including titles from Belfast, Dublin and further afield. Includes Irish army bulletins from 1922 and political journals. Date coverage varies across titles but is generally early C20 before 1939.
Click 'Radical Archive' in top right corner to access these newspapers.
Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals This link opens in a new window Collection of English-language publications spanning 1845-2015 and covering Communist, Socialist and Marxist thought, theory and practice. Although most content is from the US, there are also a significant number of UK titles included.
Nichols Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window Full text news and ephemera from the 17th and 18th centuries, from Britain and the colonies.
Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals:1800-1900 This link opens in a new window A bibliography of newspapers and periodicals published in the 19th century. Search by title, person, publisher or town to find brief details and where copies are located in the UK.
Welsh Newspapers Online This link opens in a new window Historical newspapers held at the National Library of Wales, covering the period 1804 - 1919.

UK & Ireland - Individual Newspaper Archives

Church Times This link opens in a new window A newspaper dedicated to Church and world news. Each issue includes features and interviews, Bible commentary, debate on current affairs, cartoons, book reviews, and more. Frist published in 1863.
Daily Express This link opens in a new window Full text of Daily Express from 1900 onwards & Sunday Express from 2000. Available via the UKPressOnline digital archive.
Daily Mail Historical Archive This link opens in a new window The historical archive of the Daily Mail 1896-2016 in a fully searchable and browse-able digital format. Cross searchable with other news content via the Gale NewsVault.
Daily Mirror This link opens in a new window Full text of Daily Mirror from 1903 onwards. Available via the UKPressOnline digital archive.
Daily Star This link opens in a new window Full text of Daily Star from 2000 onwards, and the Sunday Star from 2002 onwards. Available via the UKPressOnline digital archive.
Financial Times Historical Archive This link opens in a new window Searchable facsimile runs of the Financial Times from 1888 – 2021.
Guardian and Observer Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of The Guardian and The Observer from 1791 – 2003.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive This link opens in a new window Digitised full text access and images from the newspaper archive spanning from 1842-2003.
Independent Digital Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of The Independent newspaper from 1986 – 2016.
Irish Times & Irish weekly This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of Irish Times & Irish weekly from 1859 – 2015.
London Evening Standard This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of the newspaper from 1827 - current.
Methodist Recorder, 1861-1919 This link opens in a new window Contains copies of the Methodist Recorder published during the period 1861-1919. Originally created as an independent weekly newspaper that scrutinised current affairs within the Methodist community, the Recorder has been published continuously for more than 150 years.
Morning Star This link opens in a new window Full text of Morning Star from 2000 onwards, and Daily Worker 1930-45. Available via the UKPressOnline digital archive.
South Eastern Gazette This link opens in a new window Full text of South Eastern Gazette from 1852-1912. Available via the UKPressOnline digital archive.
Sunday Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of the Sunday Times: 1822 - 2016.
Telegraph Historical Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of The Daily Telegraph from 1855 – 2016.
Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of The Times (London) from 1785 – 2019.
Times Literary Supplement This link opens in a new window TLS access 2012-current
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive This link opens in a new window Full text searchable archive of the Times Literary Supplement from 1902 – 2019.