Media    From 17/7/1841  To /5/2002

Punch magazine

Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house in the Strand, attended by Henry Mayhew, brewery manager Mark Lemon, and engraver Ebenezer Landells. The first issue was published 17 July. The name Punch probably references Mr Punch of Punch and Judy.

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Punch magazine

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E. V. Knox & Punch

Born 1881, editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, E. V. Knox (Evoe), essayist and poet...

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Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour an...

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Mark Lemon

London Borough of Barnet Mark Lemon, co-founder and first editor of "Punch", ...

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Virtues - Humour

Lady Diana Cooper as Britannia sits on a lion which clutches a Union Jack shi...

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Beckenham Journal

Beckenham Journal

Newspaper. Started as a 24 page monthly publication costing 1d (about 0.5p). In 1881 it was taken over by Tom William Thornton, who published it weekly. Became a campaigning vehicle which informed ...

Media, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Candida Lycett-Green

Candida Lycett-Green

Writer and journalist. John Betjeman's daughter.

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
John Passmore Edwards

John Passmore Edwards

Political and social reformer, politician, peace activist, and anti-slavery campaigner he became one of the most successful newspaper proprietors of his time. Born in a small Cornish village and ed...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Peace, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Social Welfare

13 memorials
Sutton Talking Newspaper for the Blind

Sutton Talking Newspaper for the Blind

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.

Media, Journalism / Publishing, Social Welfare

1 memorial
William Strahan

William Strahan

The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh.  Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.

Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland

1 memorial