Introduction: The British Media and Racial Narratives – From the Press to the Digital Age The British press has long held a pivotal role in shaping public perceptions of race, ethnicity and national identity. From the Georgian era to the post-war period, newspapers mirrored—and often reinforced—the racial ideologies of their […]
Pre WW1
5 posts
Hendon & Finchley Times – Saturday 29 April 1882 EDGWARE PETTY SESSIONS. APRIL 26, 1882. Before A. R. Johnstone, Esq. (in the chair), E. F. Noel, and W. A. Tooke, Esq. ALLEGED FRAUD. — John George Murray, of Roe-green, Kingsbury, was charged on a warrant with uttering a false cheque […]
Eastern Daily Press – Saturday 02 December 1905 LONDON UNEMPLOYED COLLISIONS WITH THE POLICE FIVE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED About 500 unemployed attended what was described as the first of a series of meetings on Tower Hill, London, yesterday. The city police had previously notified the Southwark Unemployed Committee that they would […]
Berkshire Chronicle – Saturday 03 September 1898 Continental Cottage Garden Society The sixth annual show of vegetable marrows and sunflowers in connection with the above society was held on Saturday afternoon at the “Warwick Arms.” There was a large entry, and some very fine specimens were shown, though not quite […]
Runcorn Weekly News – Wednesday 24 December 1913 KNOCKED DOWN IN THE DARK AT DITTON. TWO MEN INJURED IN MOTOR VAN ACCIDENT. STRANGE AFFAIR IN STEWARD’S LANE. The somewhat serious injuries sustained by two men by being knocked down by a motor van in Steward’s Lane, close to the Ball […]