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Journalists and Newspapers

• - Journalist and publisher of radical newspaper, the Manchester Observer. Helped form the Patriotic Union Society, a group dedicated to obtain parliamentary reform. (1788-1844)
  
• - Biography of journalist Henry Mayhew and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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)
  
• - Abstract: Started in 1817 as Sherwin's Political Register, a full report of the Peterloo Massacre appeared in the next edition of the newspaper. The authorities responded by confiscating the complete stock of newspapers and pamphlets. In an attempt to kee
  
• - Unitarian minister in Ilminster but became a Quaker and opened a school in Bristol. Advocate of parliamentary reform. Contributer to newspapers including the Manchester Gazette. (1791-1844)
  
• - 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)
  
• - Socialist journal of the late 1800`s.
  
• - Abstract: The first edition of The Observer was published on 4th December 1791. Three years later the newspaper was £1,600 in debt. Although unwilling to buy The Observer, the government agreed to help subsidise the newspaper in return for influencing it
  
• - Biography of journalist David Low and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Abstract: Born in Liverpool in 1843, his grandmother was a political activist and one of the speakers at the Peterloo Massacre. In 1869 he joined Graphic magazine and was asked to provide an illustration to accompany an article on the Houseless Poor Act.
  
• - Biography of journalist J. M. W. Turner and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Biography of journalist George Holyoake and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Abstract: Born near Leeds in 1864 and orphaned at the age of nine, he endured several years of poverty. He moved from one job to another and ended up begging on the streets. He was a talented artist and discovered he could make a living by drawing stage c
  
• - Illustrator of books about contemporary London costumes and daily life, he died while in jail for unpaid debts (1769-1843).
  
• - Political journalist, author, and owner or editor of several Manchester-based radical journals.
  
• - Lithograph artist who produced the book, Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway. Includes illustration. (1814-1896) [ Delete ]
  
• - An abolitionist, critic of religion and advocate of the abolition of monarchy in favor of democracy, Thomas Paine authored The Age of Reason and The Rights of Man(1737-1809).
  
• - History and description of newspaper The Graphic.
  
• - First named the Women's Dreadnought when founded in 1912 by Sylvia Pankhurst, the Workers' Dreadnought had a socialist and feminist slant.
  
• - Middle-class radical newspaper founded in 1833. Attempted to unite working and middle class reformers and favored factory legislation.
  
• - Abstract: The first edition appeared on Saturday 5th May, 1821 and cost 7d. The Manchester Guardian, like all newspapers based outside of London, could only afford to publish once a week. When the Manchester Guardian was first published in 1821, Mancheste
  
• - 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
  
• - Unitarian, publisher of radical newspaper, and political activist who supported parliamentary reform and universal suffrage. (1761-1841)
  
• - Reporter for the Times, noted for coverage of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.
  
• - Illustrator and political cartoonist for journals including Punch. (1817-1864)
  
• - Was one of Britain's leading writers on culture. Became interested in politics. In his books he argued against competition and self-interest and advocated a form of Christian Socialism. (1819-1900)
  
• - Noted novelist. Contributor of reformist political articles to newspapers including the True Sun. Established and edited several periodicals including the Daily News, Household Words, and All the Year Round.
  
• - Biography of journalist George Scharf and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - A contributor to several publications, he was a vocal and impassioned advocate of revolutionary international socialism. He penned the utopia News From Nowhere (1834-1896).
  
• - Poet, painter and engraver. He became increasingly radical in his political views and religously inflammed. Following a skirmish where he damned the King, he sank into obscurity (1757-1827).
  
• - Left-wing newspaper first published in 1925. Rapidly reached a circulation of 172,000 and provided an important source of news during the 1926 General Strike. Ceased publication in 1927.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Author of several books, and editor of the Daily News. (1812-1876)
  
• - Biography of journalist George Cruikshank and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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, marr
  
• - Painter of railways (1811-1877).
  
• - A radical unstamped journal, which was critical of Lord Liverpool and his government. Regularly called for parlementary reform.
  
• - Newspaper edited by Edward Baines, an ardent advocate of parliamentary reform and supporter of the Liberal Party.
  
• - Biography of journalist Isaac Cruikshank and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Recognized as one of the leading freethinkers in Britain. Helped to establish the radical journal, The National Reformer in 1860. (1833-1891)
  
• - A publisher of political satires, he was also known for his allegorical paintings, anti-war sentiments and denunciation of political corruption (1697-1764).
  
• - Contributor to periodicals including the Morning Chronicle, Morning Post, and The Quarterly Review. (1775-1834)
  
• - History and description of newspaper The Examiner.
  
• - Biography of journalist Henry George and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Biography of writer Edith Nesbit and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Contributor to Punch Magazine and more famously, author of Vanity Fair (1811-1863).
  
• - Artist, engraver, and contributor to late 18th century and early 19th century Tory political journals.
  
• - Noted Socalist, women's rights, and trade union activist during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Member of the Secular Society; wrote and published her own book advocating birth control entitled The Laws of Population.
  
• - Biography of journalist Henry Hetherington and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Publisher of the Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror. (1865-1921)
  
• - Essayist, poet and editor. Started a political journal called the Examiner which gave support to radicals in Parliament. (1784-1859)
  
• - 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 newspape
  
• - Portraitist (1727-1788). who developped the theme of group portraits set in a realistic landscape.
  
• - 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)
  
• - History and description of newspaper The Edinburgh Review.
  
• - Biography of journalist Hubert Bland and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - The Times was founded in 1788 by newsprint publisher John Walter in the hopes of reaching a widespread audience. After Walter was imprisoned for printing a critique of the Prince of Wales, his son, John Walter II, steered The Times into further controver
  
• - Abstract: Formed in January 1818 by a group of radicals, within twelve months the newspaper was selling 4,000 copies a week. It has been argued that the newspaper pioneered popular journalism with its racy style aimed at an literate working-class. Althoug
  
• - Journalist. Publisher of the newspaper, the Working Man's Friend, in which he attacked the 1832 Reform Act.(1799-1874).
  
• - Established in 1824, it was a proponent of parliamentary reform and featured the works of progressive intellectuals.
  
• - Founder of the Political Register, his critic of government frequently placed him in danger of being emprisoned(1763-1835).
  
• - 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 Yeomanr
  
• - A socialist weekly established by Robert Blatchford in 1890.
  
• - Biography of journalist H. G. Wells and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Weekly newspaper published by the Social Democratic Federation in 1884. Continued publication until 1925.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Biography of writer Fanny Wright and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Abstract: In 1848 Harney, editor of the Northern Star, resigned and formed his own newspaper, the Red Republican. In the paper Harney attempted to educate his working class readers about socialism and internationalism. Harney also attempted to convert the
  
• - Wrote a large number of books on philosophy and economics, including A System of Logic; Principles of Political Economy; On Liberty; Considerations on Representative Government; and Utilitarianism. Served in the House of Commons. (1806-1873)
  
• - Biography of journalist Frederick Walter and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Abstract: In 1912 the Fabian Society published the first edition of its own weekly journal. George Bernard Shaw promised to provide regular articles and Beatrice Webb sent out letters to Fabian Society members and to those involved in her Poor Law campai
  
• - Published in Punch Magazine where he raised awareness to the condition of the labouring class. He later edited the magazine (1816-1874).
  
• - Journalist who wrote several articles in favor of parliamentary reform. (1788-1875)
  
• - Pioneering caricature artist and contributior to "The Times".
  
• - Biography of architect George Walker.
  
• - Abstract: Born in London in 1844. Apprenticed as a draughtsman in marine engineering. In 1867 the editor of Punch offered him a job on the magazine where he worked for 40 years until his death in 1910. He also worked as a book illustrator and is best know
  
• - Biography of writer George Orwell and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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)
  
• - Abstract: One of four Tory newspapers in Manchester during the early part of the 19th Century and the most popular Tory paper in the city, selling over 3,000 copies a week. Over half of the paper was taken up with advertisement. Although it was considered
  
• - At first an essayist and critic of political corruption, Hazlitt penned several books about English litterature (1778-1830).
  
• - 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 t
  
• - A journalist whose radical views lead to his death in prison, he supported universal suffrage, annual parliaments and the secret ballot (1784-1841).
  
• - 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 w
  
• - History and description of newspaper The Evening News.
  
• - First a reporter for The Observer, he was recruited to spy of the Spenceans, a group demanding parliamentary reform. Called to the witness stand at the trial of some of its leaders, his testimony was deemed unreliable by the jury.
  
• - A radical journalist, Spence was not detered by his commercial failures, poverty, and prosecution over his ideas (1750-1820).
  
• - Biography of journalist George Sims and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Abstract: Started in 1802, The Political Register supported the Tories but he gradually became more radical. By 1815 the tax on newspapers had reached 4d. a copy and as few people could afford to pay 6d. or 7d., the tax restricted the circulation to peopl
  
• - Biography of journalist David Octavius Hill and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Australian political cartoonist (1880-1938).
  
• - Abstract: The son of a shoemaker from Ashburton in Devon, was born on 9th December, 1790. Richard's father abandoned the family in 1794 and it was a struggle for his mother to look after her three children from the profits of the small shop that she ran i
  
• - Minister, historian, and journalist noted for "History of British India", a book which was completed in 1817.
  
• - Biography of journalist Edward Baines Jr. and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - A trade union weekly newspaper established in 1861, biased heavily towards socialist and labour issues.
  
• - Biography of journalist Ernest Jones and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Illustrator of books and magazines, specializing in historical events and the city of London (1756-1827).
  
• - 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 a
  
• - Playwright, journalist, and editor of Lloyd's Weekly. (1826-1884)
  
• - Biography of journalist Frank Holl and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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 univ
  
• - Novelist and political journalist. Published over 560 books and pamphlets and is considered to be the founder of British journalism. Includes short biography. (1660-1731)
  
• - Biography of political cartoonist Francis Carruthers Gould.
  
• - History and description of newspaper Illustrated London News.
  
• - Contributor to The Spectator and The Economist, with socialist views (1852-1901).
  
• - 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 highlightin
  
• - 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 var
  
• - Maintained a journal of travels across England that was later published in book form. (1662-1741)
  
• - Biography of journalist H. N. Brailsford and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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)
  
• - Royal painter, knighted in 1815, and past president of the Royal Academy (1769-1830).
  
• - The oldest continuously published magazine in the English language, beginning in 1828.
  
• - 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 Bri
  
• - Journal specializing in serial publication of novels. Published from 1860 to 1975.
  
• - Liberal author and journalist. (1789-1864)
  
• - A leftist weekly founded by Victor Gollancz in 1936.
  
• - Writer and journalist who initially held progressive political views, and became increasingly conservative (1795-1881).
  
• - Abstract: By the summer of 1791, the editors of the Manchester Mercury and the Manchester Chronicle became reluctant to give the reformers Thomas Walker and Thomas Cooper publicity. They decided to edit their own newspaper, the Manchester Herald. A local
  
• - A German Jew who fled to England when Hitler gained power, this political cartoonist signed his work "Vicky" (1913-1966).
  
• - Born 1776. Helped to establish the radical Manchester Observer.
  
• - Journalist and editor of the Poor Man's Guardian. Active in the Chartist movement and was arrested and charged with making a seditious speech in Manchester. Wrote for other publications, such as The Reynolds Weekly and the Glasgow Sentinel. (1805-1864)
  
• - Painter also noted for writing political pamphlets defending King George III. (1713-1784)
  
• - History and description of newspaper Household Words.
  
• - British poet and journalist (1772-1834).
  
• - Biography of journalist Fenner Brockway and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Biography of illustrator Gustave Dore and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Biography of journalist Harry Furniss and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Strongly conservative monthly periodical published from 1817 to 1980.
  
• - Biography of journalist J. B. Priestley and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - 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
  
• - 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.
  
• - Cartoonist noted for strong conservative political views. (1861-1945)
  
• - Weekly literary review published from 1822 until it was absorbed into another periodical, the Nation, in 1921.
  
• - 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 new
  
• - 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
  
• - Biography of journalist Harriet Martineau and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - This religious non-conformist who edited the Northern Echo and the Pall Mall Review supported the trade union movement, condemned the international arms race as well as child prostitution. A member of Parliament, he died in the sinking of the Titanic (18
  
• - Abstract: Born in London in in 1824 and educated at home by his father he began having art work published at the age of fifteen. The book, The Eglinton Tournament, was a great success. In 1840 Richard produced an illustrated journal of the events that too
  
• - Biography of journalist George Julian Harney and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Biography of journalist Hubert von Herkomer and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Published from 20th November 1797 to 7th July 1798, intended to combat radical political ideas which emerged shortly after the French Revolution.
  
• - Initially published by Joseph Gales in 1792, The Sheffield Register emphasized local concerns and disseminated radical political views. Gales stopped publishing and fleed England in 1794 to escape prosecution.
  
• - Abstract: The Poor Man's Guardian was published up until July 1831 as the Penny Papers. the publisher refused to pay the stamp duty on each paper sold. On the front page, where the red spot of the stamp duty should have been, Hetherington printed the slog
  
• - Portrait painter famous for his crowd scenes, of which he sold engraved copies (1819-1909).
  
• - 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 o
  
• - Worked with Henry Hetherington in the Civil and Religious Association. Started newspaper "Cleave's Weekly Police Gazette" and campaigned for political reform. (1790-1847)
  
• - Biography of journalist George Lansbury and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Founded by Henry Hyde Champion, Tom Mann and John Burns in 1888. Paper campaigned for the eight-hour day, denounced bad employers and criticized trade union Liberal MPs in the House of Commons.
  
• - Biography of journalist Harold Nicholson and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - Journalist, poet, and assistant editor of the Morning Chronicle. (1814-1889)
  
• - Biography of journalist George Bernard Shaw and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - British lithographer and publisher of art magazines (1764-1834).
  
• - Abstract: The first edition of the Northern Star was published on 26th May, 1838 as a radical newspaper. Although the paper paid the 4d. stamp duty O'Connor denounced it as a tax on free speech. Within four months of starting publication, the Northern Sta
  
• - Illustrator for publications including the Ilustrated London News, Punch, and Once a Week. (1823-1891)
  
• - Political cartoonist and contributor to Punch. (1820-1914)
  
• - Biography of journalist Elizabeth Thompson and bibliography including comments on each work.
  
• - A trade unionist and communist, Tom Mann was one of the three leaders of the London dock strike in 1889 (1856-1941).
  
• - 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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