The first edition of the Daily Express was published in Fleet Street. It was one of the first papers in Britain to carry gossip, sports, women's features and a crossword.
Their magnificent 1932 building on Fleet Street is used as a location in the 1961 film 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire'. The exteriors and the lobby scenes are shot on site; the newsroom scenes were shot on a set, carefully reconstructed from photos of the actual space.
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Hind Court Daily Express {A facsimile of a page of the paper.} Tuesday, 24th ...
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Daily Express
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Social researcher and journalist. Born London. Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family,...
A charity run entirely by volunteers, which each week records local news taken from the Sutton Guardian, for blind and visually impaired people in the Borough of Sutton.
Established to meet the educational, cultural and social needs of a community working within the burgeoning print industry of the Victorian era. The Londonphile has visited and photographed the in...
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Brazilian journalist. Following discussions with our Iberian consultant, Julie Nauman, we have assumed that Brazil adopts the Portuguese naming conventions, which makes "Castello Branco" the surn...
Wealthy publisher and philanthropist. Born North London. Owner of Express Newspapers. Plays in a charity rock bank with Roger Daltrey.
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