The Guardian Archive

Warning FE Finance people. This costs money!

This archive will eventually contain the digital reproduction of every page, article and advert published in the Guardian (since 1821) and the Observer (since 1791 – the oldest Sunday paper in the world). For this launch the archive covers the period of 1821-1975 for the Guardian and 1900-1975 for the Observer as we are still working on digitising the remaining material. From early 2008 onwards the entire archive up to 2003 will be available – more than 1.2m pages covering all major historic events over 212 years as reported at the time.

Good news is that until the end of November, you can have 24 hour access for free! Normally this would cost £7.95, which doesn't seem that bad to me for what looks to be an excellent resource. And anyway, if you want 24/7 access to the latest Guardian / Observer publishings, NewsUK (link to the right) provides that for free, gratis & for nothing.

http://archive.guardian.co.uk/