I was really impressed to see that the British Library has archived 200 years of newspapers online, allowing anyone to see what made news in the nineteenth century.  Together with the radio, newspapers were the public’s only window to what was happening in the world as they didn’t have access to the same multimedia we have now.

When you look back to what events shaped the news 50 to 100 years ago, journalists were responsible for reporting on significant life-changing events such as the World Wars and the first Atom bomb testing.  This really puts today’s headlines on Peter Andre and Jordan into perspective.

I find looking back on how historic events were reported really interesting and will definitely part with £6.99 for a six hour pass into the news. I just hope that the ease of accessing news online won’t mark the end of people collecting newspapers from their local news stands any time soon.

Angela Woodward