NigelS Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Starting today (1st January 2014) the Daily Telegraph will be putting on line, on a day by day basis, pdf version of its 1914-18 issues Click (unfortunately not searchable ) NigelS
Kate Wills Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Hats off to the DT. Great way to mark the centenary years. Let's hope other papers follow suit. Thanks for the tip-off Nigel.
David Ridgus Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Thanks for that Nigel, doubt I would have spotted it. Starting it this early will certainly show how the war came out of a clear blue sky for most people. I suppose the main value of the first six months of this will be the insight into the "vanished sunlit world of Edwardian England" (copyright: the start of every documentary ever made on the period). It has become such a cliche that it will be interesting to see how reportage at the time saw things. David
anthony osborne Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Nigel, thanks for letting us know - was hoping the D.T. would do something like this - super! Ant
Kate Wills Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 I wonder if they'll make it searchable by August?
David Ridgus Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Nigel, thanks for letting us know - was hoping the D.T. would do something like this - super! Ant Will be disappointed if the Times don't do something similar - 'the paper of record' and all that David
NigelS Posted 1 January , 2014 Author Posted 1 January , 2014 Will be disappointed if the Times don't do something similar - 'the paper of record' and all that David The Times Archive ( IIRC from the earliest editions to c2005?) is already available on line (searchable) with many libraries offering free 'at home' access to members; access to current day Times' articles is generally only available through subscription. Don't know about the Telegraph's 1914-18 pdfs, but I believe that free access without subscription is supposedly limited to so many articles per month (20 ?) which might cause a problem for anyone planning to view or download the whole lot! NigelS
Moonraker Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Less incentive for The Times to do it, as digitised back copies are already accessible via many local libraries and, I think, by subscription - with a good "search" facility. Moonraker Edit: Nigel beat me to it by a minute!
keithfazzani Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Shame that it lacks a search capability. An interesting read perhaps but effectively not much use for research.
Moonraker Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Only if you've a significant date or two - or more - to watch out for. Moonraker
Sepoy Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Excellent news - another useful research tool to follow.... I have book marked the site to follow from July. Sepoy
johnboy Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 Am I missing something? Even at 500% magnification I still find it hard to read.
David Ridgus Posted 1 January , 2014 Posted 1 January , 2014 The Times Archive ( IIRC from the earliest editions to c2005?) is already available on line (searchable) with many libraries offering free 'at home' access to members; access to current day Times' articles is generally only available through subscription. Don't know about the Telegraph's 1914-18 pdfs, but I believe that free access without subscription is supposedly limited to so many articles per month (20 ?) which might cause a problem for anyone planning to view or download the whole lot! NigelS Thank you Nigel. As I read the Times every day I really should have known that! David
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