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National newspapers published in the United Kingdom

  • The TimesThe Times of London has been arriving on breakfast tables, shaping prime ministers, and sparking controversy since the 1st of January 1785.
  • The GuardianThe Guardian was born on the 5th of May 1821 - by chance the very day Napoleon Bonaparte died - as a weekly paper selling for 7d in the streets of Manchester.
  • Daily ExpressThe Daily Express first hit newsstands on the 24th of April 1900, and within decades it had become the most widely read newspaper in the world.
  • The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph was founded on the 29th of June 1855 by a man trying to win a personal argument. Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh had a grievance against Prince…
  • The ObserverThe Observer hit the streets of London for the first time on the 4th of December 1791, and it has never missed a Sunday since.
  • The IndependentThe Independent arrived on British newsstands on the 7th of October 1986, born from a shared conviction among three journalists that something different was…
  • Daily MailOn the 4th of May 1896, Alfred Harmsworth launched a newspaper in London that cost half a penny when every rival charged a full penny.
  • Financial TimesThe Financial Times was launched on the 10th of January 1888 as a four-page journal called the London Financial Guide, and within a month it had already…
  • The EconomistThe Economist was born in 1843 with a single, urgent purpose: to kill a law. James Wilson, a Scottish economist and businessman, launched the newspaper to…
  • The Guardian WeeklyThe Guardian Weekly was born just one week after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The first edition rolled off the press on the 4th of July 1919…