Popular Press
Times Digital Archive 1785-2010, Current Times articles and Daily Mail 1998-present
UofB gives you online copies of mainstream press :
- News Stand for current Times, Times Educational Supplement, Daily Mail 1998- present and Telegraph
- UK Press online for Daily Mirror
Through the local library
The local Brighton and Hove libraries further provide online copies of newspapers.
News Stand database includes Times, Times Educational Supplement, Daily Mail 1998 — present and Telegraph; accessible from home with your library card.
Mass Observation Archive
The digitised Mass Observation archive is accessible at The Keep’s Reference room. Available to anyone visiting The Keep and you do not need a readers card to access it. All of the first phase of Mass Observation has been digitized and is available on this resource.
The Keep offers access to some of the original Mass Observation documents and you will need to register to become a reader to access these. This is also how you can look at the Mass Observation Project which started in 1981.
Information about visiting The Keep
Search the catalogue to the Mass Observation archive on The Keep website
Click on the “Browse by hierarchy” tab and you can see the whole listing by using the + signs to open up the record. if you click the “View at The Keep” tab, it will let you know whether it is something that can be ordered from store, or is only available on the online resource.
Picture Post
Picture Post 1938 – 1956 is stored at the St. Peters House Library on the 1st floor and in the Special Collections; also at Hove Library up to June 57′ in-person access only.
St. Peters House Library Print Journals Collection on 1st Floor of the Library
Early 20th Century copies of:
- London Illustrated News
- Punch
- Picture Post
- National Geographic
Journals grouped by subject
- Humanities Print Journals
- Fashion and Women’s Magazines
- Textiles print journals
- Fine Art Print Journals
- Graphic Design & Illustration Print journals
- 3D Design and Craft Print Journals
- Photography and Moving Image Print Journals
These primary resources are further supplemented by our microform collection. We are the only owners of this complete grassroots publications series written in the 20th century. We also have these primary source titles on microform which include Little Magazines and Left News.