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The Falklands war in the GNM Archive
A guide to researching the Falklands war using records from the Guardian and Observer’s archive
From Florence to the machines: the evolution of data journalism – in pictures
Data-driven journalism has become as ubiquitous as hand-sanitiser during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its roots go back to before germ theory. This resource looks at the history of data journalism, and how changing trends in reporting and the rise of the internet have fuelled its expansion
Photographers in Focus: Photojournalism in the GNM Archive
The work of many notable photographers have featured in teaching resources inspired by material from the GNM Archive. Here we select some of our favourite images, objects and resources that intertwine the newspapers’ fascinating history with the development of photographic technology over the 20th century.
Guardian and Observer cartoonists: archive teaching resources
In compiling our 100 teaching resources inspired by the Guardian Archive collection we have featured the work of eight cartoonists
Guardian and Observer coverage of ten historical events: archive teaching resources
This compilation of teaching resources covers significant events reported on by the Guardian and Observer between 1870 and 1977
Pioneering Guardian and Observer women journalists: archive teaching resources
In compiling our 100 GNM archive teaching resources we have covered the careers of 15 trailblazing women reporters, editors and photographers at the Guardian and Observer
Top ten Guardian archive teaching resources
The Guardian Foundation’s Education Centre and Archive teams have created 99 resources covering Guardian history and reporting. Our hundredth is our top ten from the collection as picked by the Education Centre team
Christmas cards: Season's greetings from the Guardian and Observer
A collection of Guardian and Observer Christmas cards stored in the GNM Archive
A history of the Guardian and Observer in twelve objects
To celebrate Explore Your Archive Week we are showcasing twelve significant objects from the history of the Guardian and Observer, held and preserved by the Guardian News & Media Archive
October 1920: Women granted full membership of Oxford University
October 1920 saw Oxford University finally grant women full membership and the right to take degrees, also allowing those who had previously taken examinations to return to matriculate
How Peterloo led to the founding of the Manchester Guardian
This article looks at the Peterloo massacre on 16 August 1819 which led to the founding of the Manchester Guardian two years later and highlights a range of resources and further reading
Man walks on the moon: 21 July 1969
How The Guardian and The Observer reported on the Apollo 11 mission
Emily Hobhouse and the Boer war
At the outbreak of the second Boer war, Emily Hobhouse travelled to South Africa and became an outspoken critic of British foreign policy
Influential Observer photographer Jane Bown's scrapbook
Jane Bown compiled a scrapbook during the early 1980s, which gives a rare insight into her work, impact and fame
Kindertransport: Britain's response to the growing refugee crisis in 1938
The Kindertransport initiative was set up between 1938 and 1939 to rescue nearly 10,000 Jewish child refugees prior to the second world war. This resource explores The Guardian’s coverage of child refugees from Nazi occupied countries, along with a first hand account from Guardian journalist, Hella Pick.
Madeline Linford: a pioneering editor at the Guardian
Madeline Linford, first editor of the Manchester Guardian women’s page and subsequent features and pictures editor was the only female editor at the paper for nearly 25 years
Harry Venning cartoonist and writer
The GNM Archive has a collection of Clare in the Community cartoons donated by Harry Venning in 2016. The cartoons were displayed in an exhibition ‘Clare in the Community: 20 years at the Guardian’.
Forgotten heroes of the first world war
Over 4 million non-white non-European men were deployed into European and American armies between 1914 and 1918, providing frontline and auxiliary aid on and beyond the Western Front.
Walter Doughty's glass plate negatives - photographing news in the 1920s
The GNM Archive has a rare collection of 19 glass plate negatives belonging to the paper’s first staff photographer Walter Doughty taken between 1920-22 during the Irish war of independence and subsequent civil war
Ching Ching and Chia Chia: London Zoo's giant pandas
The arrival of two pandas, a gift from Mao Zedong to Edward Heath, in September 1974, as reported and photographed by the Guardian and Observer
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