The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1874-1970 - Contextual Essays

British Online Archives (BOA) is pleased to announce the completion of our extensive primary source collection: British Illustrated Periodicals, 1869–1970. This brings together the back catalogues of nine “sister” titles belonging to the Illustrated London News (ILN): The Graphic (1869–1932); The Illustrated... Read more →

During the Edwardian period, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (established in 1874) provided a visual insight into British sport and leisure, principally the events of interest to the middle and upper classes. In its reflections on the events of... Read more →

The hundred years from the 1860s to the 1960s, covered in this collection, was in many respects the golden age of the print media in Britain. In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, a number of social, cultural, and... Read more →