| Henry Hetherington - Published a series of radical newspapers and punished for his activities. Campaigned against child labor, the 1834 Poor Law and political corruption. Includes excerpts from writings about his viewpoints and activities.
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| Tom Paine - Journalist, author, and one of the radical reformers advocating the superiority of republican democracy over monarchical government. Published "The Rights of Man" in which he argued for the vote and equal political rights for all adult males, which would result in a House of Commons. (1737-1809)
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| James Wroe - Journalist and publisher of radical newspaper, the Manchester Observer. Helped form the Patriotic Union Society, a group dedicated to obtain parliamentary reform. (1788-1844)
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| Spartacus: Daniel Defoe - Short biography geared toward students includes links to related articles.
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| Celia Fiennes - Maintained a journal of travels across England that was later published in book form. (1662-1741)
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| Richard Carlile - Publisher of a radical newspaper, The Republican. Served prison term for violation of seditious libel laws. Strong supporter of women's rights and campaigned against child labor. Includes excerpts from his writings.
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| Joseph Gales - Unitarian, publisher of radical newspaper, and political activist who supported parliamentary reform and universal suffrage. (1761-1841)
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| William Cobbett - Radical journalist and publisher of the Political Register, the main newspaper read by the working class. After the passing of the 1832 Reform Act he was able to win the parliamentary seat of Oldham in the House of Commons where he concentrated his energies on attacking corruption in government. (1763-1835)
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| Edward Baines - Represented Leeds in the House of Commons. Wrote History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain in which he attacked those who had campaigned against child labour. (1800-1890)
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| John Wade - Journalist who wrote several articles in favor of parliamentary reform. (1788-1875)
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| James Mill - Minister, historian, and journalist noted for "History of British India", a book which was completed in 1817.
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| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - British poet and journalist (1772-1834).
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| Charles Lamb - Contributor to periodicals including the Morning Chronicle, Morning Post, and The Quarterly Review. (1775-1834)
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| Vincent Dowling - Appointed first reporter for the Observer Newspaper in 1791. Recruited as a Home Office Spy with a government subsidy to the paper. Was paid to record what was said at an 1816 meeting of the Society of Spencean Philanthropists, a group advocating revolution, after which he reported the Spenceans were planning to overthrow the British government.
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| Robert Southey - Abstract: Born in Bristol in 1774. After his father's death an uncle sent him to Westminster School but he was expelled in 1792 after denouncing flogging in the school magazine. In 1795 Southey married Edith Fricker, whose elder sister, Sara Fricker, married Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In 1813 Robert Southey was appointed poet laureate. Southey was criticised by Lord Byron and William Hazlitt who accused him of betraying his political principles for money. Southey wrote several books between 1824 and 1835. He died in 1843.
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| William Hazlitt - Short biography and excerpts of his political writing.
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| James Leigh Hunt - Essayist, poet and editor. Started a political journal called the Examiner which gave support to radicals in Parliament. (1784-1859)
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| John Saxton - Born 1776. Helped to establish the radical Manchester Observer.
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| Thomas Barnes - Editor of The Times from 1817 to 1841, who innovated by sending journalists to political meetings and advocated parlimentary reform following the Peterloo Massacre. (1785-1841)
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| John Tyas - Reporter for the Times, noted for coverage of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.
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| Thomas Spence - Radical journalist and advocate of revolution. As unofficial leader of the revolutionary Radicals, he encouraged the formation of small groups that could meet in local public houses and argued that all land should be nationalised. (1750-1814)
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| William Pyne - Illustrator of books about contemporary London costumes and daily life, he died while in jail for unpaid debts (1769-1843).
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| John Wilkes - Elected MP for Aylesbury. Established The North Briton, a newspaper that severely attacked the king and his Prime Minister. Campaigned for religious toleration and introduced the first motion for parliamentary reform. (1725-1797)
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| John Forster - Author of several books, and editor of the Daily News. (1812-1876)
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| John Edward Taylor - Unitarian minister in Ilminster but became a Quaker and opened a school in Bristol. Advocate of parliamentary reform. (1791-1844)
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| Archibald Prentice - Offers information on Archibald Prentice including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| Harriet Martineau - Follows the career of this journalist and author who wrote in favour of women's rights and education. Includes a list of her published works.
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| James Watson - Journalist. Publisher of the newspaper, the Working Man's Friend, in which he attacked the 1832 Reform Act.(1799-1874).
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| George Holyoake - Offers information on George Holyoake.
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| John Stuart Mill - Wrote a large number of books on philosophy and economics. Member of the House of Commons and campaigned for parliamentary reform. (1806-1873)
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| Fanny Wright - Biography of writer Fanny Wright and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Thomas Carlyle - Writer and journalist who initially held progressive political views, and became increasingly conservative (1795-1881).
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| William Benbow - Chartist who worked for the Political Register where he was arrested and found guilty of seditious libel. He believed that the only way equality would be achieved was through a violent revolution. (1784-1841)
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| Ernest Jones - Offers a biography including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| Henry Mayhew - Biography of journalist Henry Mayhew and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Spartacus: Charles Dickens - Entry from The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia.
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| John Cleave - Worked with Henry Hetherington in the Civil and Religious Association. Started newspaper and campaigned for political reform. Campaigned for removal of the stamp duty on newspapers. (1790-1847)
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| John Ruskin (1819-1900) - A brief biography, from Spartacus Educational, of the life and work of John Ruskin, the leading writer, and second only to Turner as a watercolour painter, of his period.
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| William Makepeace Thackeray - Born in Calcutta, India. Returned to England with his parents and became a journalist and novelist. Wrote Vanity Fair, considered to be his best work, followed by The History of Henry Esmond, Newcomes, and The Virginians. (1811-1863)
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| Charles Wentworth Dilke - Liberal author and journalist. (1789-1864)
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| Robert Blatchford - Abstract: Born in Maidstone in 1851, the son of an actor, his father died when he was two and at the age of fourteen he was apprenticed as a brushmaker. He disliked the work and ran away to join the army where he reached the rank of sergeant major before leaving the service in 1878. After trying a variety of different jobs he became a freelance journalist. After working for several newspapers he became leader writer for the Sunday Chronicle in Manchester. While he became a socialist and lobbied for their cause, after the First World War he moved to the right and became a passionate advocate of the British Empire. Robert Blatchford died on 17th December 1943.
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| James Bronterre O'Brien - Offers information on James Bronterre O'Brien including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| George Julian Harney - Offers information on George Julian Harney including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| Henry George - Biography of journalist Henry George and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Edith Nesbit - Biography of the children's author, and writer on socialism, from Spartacus Educational. Includes a photo of the author.
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| Annie Besant - A description of her life and influence.
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| Tom Mann - A strong advocate of the eight-hour day.
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| William Morris - Biography from Spartacus Educational about the life and work of William Morris. Covers his Arts and Crafts work, and his Socialist reforms ideas.
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| Blanchard Jerrold - Playwright, journalist, and editor of Lloyd's Weekly. (1826-1884)
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| The Observer - Newspaper which advocated government's policies and did not support writers advocating parliamentary reform.
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| Charles Bradlaugh - Offers a biography including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| Angus Reach - Journalist for the Morning Chronicle in London, writer for Punch Magazine and joint editor of the journal, The Man in the Moon. Includes excerpts from his writing, biography and photo.
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| Charles Mackay - Journalist, poet, and assistant editor of the Morning Chronicle. (1814-1889)
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| Shirley Brooks - Published in Punch Magazine where he raised awareness to the condition of the labouring class. He later edited the magazine (1816-1874).
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| George Sims - English playwright, social reformist and journalist. Wrote series of newspaper articles depicting poverty of the working class in London and another series later published as books on child poverty. (1847-1922)
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| William Stead - Strict Puritan who favoured social reform. Editor of the Northern Echo, the most influential voice of Nonconformity in the North of England. Advocated old age pensions and supported the charity work of the Salvation Army. (1849-1912)
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| John Morley - Elected to the House of Commons in 1883. Staunch supporter of Irish Home Rule and parliamentary reform. Was opposed to Britain's involvement in the First World War and resigned from the government. (1838-1923)
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| Robert Sherard - Abstract: Born in Melton Mowbray in 1861, the was the son of Rev. Bennet Sherard Kennedy and a great grandson of William Wordsworth. After being educated at Oxford University, he became a professional journalist working for a wide variety of different newspapers and magazines, particularly interested in writing about working conditions and urban poverty. He was commissioned by the editor of The London Magazine to write several articles on child labour. These collected articles were published as The Child Slaves of Britain in 1905. He died in 1943.
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| James Greenwood - The son of a coach-builder, was born in London in the 1840s. As a young man he obtained employment on the Pall Mall Gazette, and later joined the Daily Telegraph. Sympathetic to the plight of the working-class, Greenwood wrote several articles highlighting the problems of poor housing and public heath.
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| Hubert Bland - Biography of journalist Hubert Bland and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| George Lansbury - Labour member of Parliament. Reformer who campaigned against poverty and for woman suffrage. A lifelong pacifist, he defended conscientious objectors during World War I. (1859-1940)
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| Maude Pember Reeves - Abstract: The daughter of a bank manager, she was born in Australia in 1865. In her youth she had been involved in the successful campaign to obtain women the vote in New Zealand. Soon after arriving in England with her husband, she became active in a variety of women's organisations including the Women's Trade Union League, the NUWSSand the National Anti-Sweating League. She was a socialist and was active in the Fabian Society and in 1907 founded the Fabian Women's Group which campaigned for equal rights for women and state support for motherhood. After the outbreak of the First World War, she worked as Director of the Education and Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Food. She died in 1953.
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| Beatrice Webb - Writer of such books as The History of Trade Unionism and Industrial Democracy. She also helped found the London School of Economics and Political Science. Includes detailed history and accomplishments. (1858 - 1943)
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| William Clarke - Contributor to The Spectator and The Economist, with socialist views (1852-1901).
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| H. N. Brailsford - Biography of journalist H. N. Brailsford and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Katharine Glasier - Christian Socialist who supported the campaign for complete adult suffrage. Became editor of the Labour Leader newspaper and took an anti-war stand. Includes excerpts from various writings. (1867-1950)
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| Fenner Brockway - Editor of the Labour Elector and a pacifist who strongly opposed British involvement in the war. Wrote over twenty books on politics. Includes excerpts from writings. (1888-1988)
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| Charles Masterman - Writer and politician. He wrote books such as From the Abyss and The Condition of England and served terms in both local and national governments. Includes brief history and accomplishments. (1873-1927)
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| H. G. Wells - Biography of journalist H. G. Wells and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Harold Nicholson - Biography of journalist Harold Nicholson and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| J. B. Priestley - Biography of journalist J. B. Priestley and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Spartacus Educational: George Bernard Shaw - Biography and quotes from various publications.
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| George Orwell - Compact biography and a few short tasters from his essays; aimed at the school student without the stamina for the whole works.
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| The North Briton - Abstract: In June 1762 MP John Wilkes established The North Briton, a weekly newspaper in opposition to The Briton, a journal that supported the Earl of Bute's administration as King George III's prime minister. For the next forty-five weeks the North Briton severely attacked the king and his Prime Minister. After one article Wilkes was arrested for seditious libel but at a court hearing the Lord Chief Justice ruled that as an MP, Wilkes was protected by privilege from arrest on a charge of libel. However, the government was successful in stopping Wilkes from publishing further editions of the North Briton.
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| The Anti-Jacobin - Published from 20th November 1797 to 7th July 1798, intended to combat radical political ideas which emerged shortly after the French Revolution.
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| The Times - Founded by John Walter in 1785 as neutral in politics, the Daily Universal Register included parliamentary reports. Needing funds, a secret deal was made to publish stories favourable to the government. In 1788 it began focusing on scandals and gossip and was renamed The Times. With a new owner in 1803 the newspaper advocated independent reporting and began to argue for parliamentary reform. In a debate in the House of Commons in 1832, Sir Robert Peel argued that The Times was the "principal and most powerful advocate of Reform" in Britain.
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| Manchester Guardian - First published in 1821. Advocated political reform.
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| The Sheffield Register - Abstract: The first edition published on 9th June 1787. A pioneer of a newspaper which gave extensive coverage to local issues while reporting on major national stories. Unlike most provincial newspapers, the Sheffield Register did not rely on copying articles that had first appeared in London journals. The newspaper both educated and reflected the views of the artisans and small manufacturers in the area.
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| Manchester Observer - Radical newspaper formed in 1818 which criticized the government. Reported on the incident which became known as the Peterloo Massacre.
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| Manchester Chronicle - Tory newspaper founded by Charles Wheeler in 1781. Achieved popularity with readers who opposed social reform. Ceased publication in 1842.
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| Manchester Herald - First published in 1792. Advocated parliamentary reform. Ceased publication in 1795.
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| The Political Register - First published in 1802 and became the main newspaper read by the working class. Publisher William Cobbett used the newspaper to campaign for parliamentary reform.
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| The Republican - A radical newspaper which criticized the government, particularly for its role in the Peterloo Massacre.
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| Manchester Exchange Herald - Abstract: Founded by Joseph Aston in 1809 the Exchange Herald appeared every Tuesday. John Aston, its founder virtually wrote the whole newspaper himself and it is believed that he was the author of the report that appeared in the Exchange Herald about the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.
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| Liverpool Mercury - Abstract: This was one of the newspapers to have representatives on hand during the suppresion of a public meeting at St. Peter's Field in manchester, England on 16th August, 1819. John Smith, its editor escaped before the Manchester & Salford Yeomanry made their arrests. Writing a critical report on the behaviour of the soldiers at the Peterloo Massacre, Smith also published a pamphlet on the subject.
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| The Poor Man's Guardian - Published in 1831 and closely associated with the National Union of the Working Classes. Gave extensive coverage to the struggle over the 1832 Reform Act. Ceased publication in 1835.
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| Manchester Gazette - Abstract: Founded 1795. William Cowdry and his four sons were responsible for writing and printing the newspaper. Although it was considered to be of poor quality, it was purchased because it was the only non-Tory paper in Manchester.In 1814, with sales of only 250, the editor decided to improve the quality of the newspaper by encouraging members of a political reform group to contribute articles. By 1819 the Manchester Gazette was selling over 1,000 copies a week. The arrival of the Manchester Guardian in 1821 meant that Cowdroy lost all his best writers. The Manchester Gazette found it difficult to compete with the the fast-growing Manchester Guardian. In 1828 due to bankruptcy the Manchester Gazette was forced to close.
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| The Leeds Times - Middle-class radical newspaper founded in 1833. Attempted to unite working and middle class reformers and favored factory legislation.
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| Thomas Wooler - Offers information on Thomas Wooler including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| The Leeds Mercury - Newspaper edited by Edward Baines, an ardent advocate of parliamentary reform and supporter of the Liberal Party.
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| The Morning Chronicle - Abstract: First established in 1769, it became a more successful newspaper after it was acquired by James Perry, a supporter of the Whigs, in 1789. Staffed by well known radicals, sales of the Morning Chronicle gradually increased and by 1810 the newspaper had a circulation of 7,000. The Morning Chronicle ceased publication in 1862.
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| The Red Republican - Educated working class readers about socialism and internationalism.
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| The Northern Star - First published in 1838. Contained reports on Chartist meets in Britain and its letter's page enabled supporters to join the debate on parliamentary reform. Ceased publication in 1852.
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| Pall Mall Gazette - Abstract: Founded in February, 1865 as an evening newspaper, the original idea was to digest the news from the morning papers and to publish substantial articles on political and social questions. In 1883 the Pall Mall Gazette carried a series of articles on the subject of child prostitution. Sales of the newspaper increased from 8,000 to 12,000. In 1885 it exposed what had become known as the white slave traffic. As a result of the publicity that coverage of the Armstrong case generated, Parliament in 1885 passed the Criminal Law Amendment Act, a measure that raised the age of consent from thirteen to sixteen. Contributors over the years have included Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling. The Pall Mall Gazette was incorporated into the Evening Standard in 1923.
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| The Daily Telegraph - First published as the Daily Telegraph and Courier in 1855, and grew rapidly in circulation partly due to its pricing. Early on, leaned towards liberal causes such as abolishing capital punishment, but later favored Conservative interests.
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| The Labour Elector - A paper campaigning for the eight-hour day and denouncing bad employers.
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| The Daily News - Published from 1846 to 1930, when it became the News Chronicle. Featured contributions by noted liberal authors including H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Massingham, and Charles Mackay.
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| The Evening News - History and description of newspaper The Evening News.
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| The Bee-Hive - A trade union weekly newspaper established in 1861.
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| Workers' Dreadnought - First named the Women's Dreadnought when founded in 1912 by Sylvia Pankhurst, the Workers' Dreadnought had a socialist and feminist slant.
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| The Daily Mail - First published in 1896, noted for focusing on readability and for catering to a general audience. Published prior to the first world war a series of articles warning against the dangers of a war with Germany.
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| Lansbury's Labour Weekly - Provided an important source of news during the 1926 General Strike.
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| Tribune - Newspaper attempting to recreate the Labour Party as a truly socialist organization.
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| Punch Magazine - Abstract: One evening in June, 1841, reforming liberals met to discuss the possibility of starting a new journal. The plan was to combine humour and political comment. the meeting someone remarked that a humourous magazine, like good punch, needed lemon ans so the name of the paper was born. Douglas Jerrold was probably the most important journalist on the magazine, but other writers contributed widely.
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| The Edinburgh Review - History and description of newspaper The Edinburgh Review.
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| The Quarterly Review - Abstract: Established in 1809 as a Tory rival to the Whig supporting Edinburgh Review, the idea for the journal came from Sir Walter Scott. The Quarterly Review stood politically for preserving the status quo. The journal was very hostile to the work of writers in favour of political reform. Writers such as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Leigh Hunt, William Hazlitt, Thomas Babington Macaulay and Charles Dickens all received hostile reviews in the journal, whereas the work of Jane Austin and Sir Walter Scott was warmly praised. It was alleged that John Wilson Croker's savage review of John Keat's Endymion contributed to the poet's early death. The Quarterly Review ceased publication in 1967.
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| Blackwood's Magazine - Strongly conservative monthly periodical published from 1817 to 1980.
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| The Spectator - The oldest continuously published magazine in the English language, beginning in 1828.
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| The Examiner - History and description of newspaper The Examiner.
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| Household Words - History and description of newspaper Household Words.
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| The Westminster Review - Established in 1824, it was a proponent of parliamentary reform and featured the works of progressive intellectuals.
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| The Athenaeum - Weekly literary review published from 1822 until it was absorbed into another periodical, the Nation, in 1921.
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| Justice - Social Democratic Federation's weekly newspaper.
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| The National Reformer - Abstract: In 1860, two members of the Sheffield Secular Society formed a new journal. They believed that religion was blocking progress and advocated what they called an atheistic Secularism. The newspaper advocated a whole range of reforms including universal suffrage and republicanism. Sales of the National Reformer reached 5,000 but in 1861 one of the founders left the journal because he disagreed with the advocacy of birth control.
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| The Cornhill Magazine - Journal specializing in serial publication of novels. Published from 1860 to 1975.
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| Illustrated London News - History and description of newspaper Illustrated London News.
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| The Clarion - A socialist weekly established by Robert Blatchford in 1890.
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| The Commonweal - Believed that the main function of all socialist organisations was to "educate the people."
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| The London Magazine - Abstract: Founded in 1820 as a rival to the Gentleman's Magazine, it was a non-political magazine that concentrated on the world of literature championing the work of young writers such as William Wordsworth, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, William Hazlitt and Thomas Carlyle. In the early part of the 20th century the London Magazine employed some of Britain's top cartoonists.
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| The Graphic - History and description of newspaper The Graphic.
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| The New Statesman - Regular articles that were published by the Fabian Society, which ended up recruiting over 2,000 people to become subscribers.
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| James Gillray - Offers information on James Gillray including bibliography and comments on each work.
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| Isaac Cruikshank - Offers information on Isaac Cruikshank.
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| George Cruikshank - Offers information on George Cruikshank including images and comments on each.
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| Charles Keene - Exerpt from book about the humourist and artist available from Amazon.com.
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| John Doyle - Brief biographical sketch of the 19th Century lithographer, caricaturist and political commentator. Grandfather to Arthur Conan Doyle.
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| John Leech -
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| Richard Doyle - Abstract: Son of a cartoonist, born in London in in 1824 and educated at home by his father he began having work published at the age of fifteen. Doyle, like his father, was a devout Roman Catholic, and in 1850 he resigned from Punch Magazine in protest over the magazine's hostility to the Pope. John Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Magazine, later claimed that Wiseman, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England, had forced Doyle to resign under the threat of excommunication. He died in 1883.
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| John Tenniel - Brief biographical sketch of the former staff cartoonist with Punch magazine. Best known for his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872).
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| Harry Furniss - Abstract: Son of an engineer, born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1854 he worked as an artist in Ireland but in 1876 he moved to England and found work with the Illustrated London News. Over the next eight years he developed a reputation as an outstanding draughtsman. His work became extremely popular with the British public and this enabled him to tour the country giving lectures on subjects such as The Frightfulness of Humour and Humours of Parliament. In 1894 he started his own cartoon magazine, Like Joka. The magazine was not a financial success and he moved to the USA where he worked in the film industry with Thomas Edison. In 1914 Furniss helped pioneer the animated cartoon film. Harry Furniss died in 1925.
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| Linley Sambourne - Abstract: Born in London in 1844, he was apprenticed as a draughtsman in a marine engineering works in Greenwich at the age of 16. As a young man Sambourne had been a supporter of the Liberal Party but as he grew older he moved to the right. By the time he was in his fifties, Sambourne was described as more "conservative than the Conservative Party. He is best known for the illustrations that he did for Charles Kingsley's Water Babies and Hans Christian Andersen's Fairly Tales. He died in 1910.
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| Francis Carruthers Gould - Biography of political cartoonist who pioneered what became known as "picture politics".
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| Phil May - Abstract: Born near Leeds in 1864. Orphaned at the age of nine, he endured several years of poverty moving from one job to another and ended up begging on the streets. May was a talented artist and he eventually discovered he could make a living by drawing stage celebrities and selling the pictures to theatre fans. His cartoons were rarely overtly political, and had a deep sympathy for the poor. He brought a new simplicity of line to popular cartooning. He was a heavy drinker. This and his early poverty caused him serious health problems. He suffered from a wasting disease and when he died in 1903, aged thirty-nine, he weighed only five stone.
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| Bernard Partridge - Cartoonist noted for strong conservative political views. (1861-1945)
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| Will Dyson - Abstract: The ninth of eleven children, was born in Australia in 1880. He became a regular contributor to the Sydney Bulletin, with conservative politicians being the main target for his satire. In 1909 Dyson moved to London and immediately found work with the Weekly Dispatch. Dyson joined the army durign World War I and despite being wounded twice, he produced a large number of drawings of Australian soldiers in battle. In 1919, his wife died, a victim of the influenza pandemic that swept the world after the war. Devastated, he suffered a mental breakdown. He died on 21st January, 1938. Includes commentaries by contemportaries.
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| David Low - Biography of journalist David Low and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Victor Weisz - A German Jew who fled to England when Hitler gained power, this political cartoonist signed his work "Vicky" (1913-1966).
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| Thomas Rowlandson - Abstract: Born in London in 1756 he learnt to draw before he could write and by the time he was ten he was spending all his free time drawing. After attending Eton he became a student at the Royal Academy. At sixteen he left for France where he spent two years at a drawing school in Paris. In 1777 he opened a studio in Wardour Street where he established himself as a portrait painter. Rowlandson also travelled a great deal in Europe where he drew pictures of his experiences. Like many people in England, he was horrified by the way the authorities treated the people who attended the meeting at St. Peter's Field, to hear Henry 'Orator' Hunt speak on parliamentary reform. As a result of the Peterloo Massacre, he drew one of his most overtly political drawings. Thomas Rowlandson died on 22nd April 1827.
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| William Blake - An artist mainly employed by the radical bookseller, Joseph Johnson. Blake developed an attitude of revolt against authority, combining political belief and visionary ecstasy. (1757-1827)
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| George Walker - Abstract: Born at Killingbeck Hall, Seacroft, on 8th May 1781. Educated in York, he became an artist. He developed a reputation as a good artist and in 1814 and a local bookseller commissioned a series of paintings for the book Costume of Yorkshire. The book included the first ever painting of a locomotive. In 1824 he travelled to Italy where he spent time in Naples, Rome and Florence. He also visited Switzerland and France. He spent the rest of his life at Killingbeck Lodge, Seacroft. He died there in 1856.
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| Rudolf Ackermann - Brief history of the lithographer and magazine publisher.
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| William Hogarth - Artist and engraver who produced and published political satires and paintings. (1697-1764)
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| J. M. W. Turner - Abstract: Son of a barber and wigmaker, born in London in 1775, as a child he made money by colouring engravings for his father's customers. At the age of 14 he entered the Royal Academy and exhibited his first drawing, A View of the Archbishop's Palace in Lambeth in 1790. By 1800 Turner was acknowledged as one of Britain's leading topographical watercolourist. He died at his cottage in Chelsea in 1851. He left some three hundred paintings and nineteen thousand watercolours to the nation.
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| Allan Ramsay - Abstract: Son of a poet, was born in Edinburgh on 2nd October, 1713, at thirteen he entered Edinburgh High School where he excelled at languages. In 1729 he entered the recently established Academy of St Luke in Edinburgh followed by a period as pupil in London to the Swedish portrait painter, Hans Hysing. In 1767 Ramsay was appointed as Principal Painter to the king. An accident in 1773, where he badly hurt his right arm when falling from a ladder, forced him to retire from painting. Allan Ramsay died on 10th August 1784.
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| Thomas Lawrence - Royal painter, knighted in 1815, and past president of the Royal Academy (1769-1830).
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| Thomas Gainsborough - Portraitist (1727-1788) who developed the theme of group portraits set in a realistic landscape.
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| John Cooke Bourne - Lithograph artist who produced the book, Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway. Includes illustration. (1814-1896)
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| Thomas Bury - Artist who produced a series of paintings of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Includes illustration of the Liverpool Crown Street Station. (1811-1877)
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| George Scharf - Abstract: Born in Mainburg, Bavaria on 23rd April, 1788. After studying art painting and lithography in Munich, he soon found work producing lithographs for printers. In 1816, Scarf decided to emigrate to England. In the 1840s Scharf tended to concentrate on scientific work. His main clients were doctors, naturalists and the Royal College of Surgeons. Scharf's health began to deteriorate in the early 1850s. Unable to work, his last years were dominated by money problems. George Scharf died on 11th November, 1860.
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| Gustave Dore - Abstract: Born in Strasbourg in 1832, he became a book illustrator in Paris and his commissions included work by Rabelais, Balzac and Dante. In 1853 he was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. This was followed by other work for British publishers including a new illustrated English Bible. Dore's later work included Paradise Lost, The Idylls of the King and The Works of Thomas Hood. His work also appeared in the Illustrated London News. Dore continued to illustrate books until his death in 1883.
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| William Powell Frith - Abstract: Son of domestic servants born in Alfield in 1819. After brief training in art at Saint Margaret's School, Dover, he attended the Henry Sass Academy in London. In 1845 he was appointed an associate of the Royal Academy and was made a full member in 1853. He died in 1909.
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| Frederick Walker - Abstract: Son of a jeweller born in 1840. After a brief education at the North London Collegiate School, Walker found employment in an architect's office. In 1863 he exhibited his first oil paintings at the Royal Academy. By 1872 Walker, whose paintings showed a deep concern for the under-privileged, was acknowledged as the leader of what became known as the social realist school of painting. Frederick Walker suffered from poor health throughout his life and died, aged thirty-five, in 1875. Includes commentaries by contemporaries.
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| Hubert von Herkomer - Abstract: Born in Germany in 1849 his family moved to England and in 1857 settled in Southampton. Herkomer studied at Southampton School of Art, the Munich Academy and the South Kensington Art School. He left Kensington Art School and 1867 and started a career as a book and magazine illustrator. In 1880s he concentrated on the financially lucrative area of portraiture. He opened his own art school and during the period 1883 and 1904, trained over 500 students. Herkomer also served as Slade Professor of Art between 1885 and 1895. Hubert von Herkomer, who was knighted in 1907, died in 1914.
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| Frank Holl - Biography and bibliography of "social realist" painter including comments on each work.
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| David Octavius Hill - Exerpt from book about the 19th Century painter and photographer.
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| Luke Fildes - Abstract: Born in Liverpool in 1843. Fildes shared his grandmother's concern for the poor and in 1869 joined the staff of the Graphic magazine, edited by the social reformer, William Luson Thomas. Fildes soon became a popular artist and by 1870 he had given up working from the Graphic and had turned his full attention to oil painting and soon became one of the most successful artists in England. By 1900 Fildes was the most highly paid portrait painter in England. Knighted in 1906, he died in 1918.
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| Elizabeth Thompson - Journalist's biography and bibliography including comments on each work.
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| Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northcliffe) - Publisher of the Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror. (1865-1921)
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