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The archive preserves and promotes the histories and values of the Guardian and the Observer newspapers and provides access to the history of the papers.
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Did you know that the Guardian's Country diary is the world's oldest newspaper column❓
The GNM archive holds oral history interviews from former diarists including Harry Griffin, who contributed to the column from 1950 until 2004.
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📷: Denis Thorpe for the Guardian
We're sorry to see that The Guardian journalist #HellaPick has died. She left a fascinating written memoir and oral history in our #archive covering both her pioneering career and her Kindertransport experience: theguardian.com/gnmeducationce…
The WLM demonstration was also covered by The Observer photographer Jane Bown. Pictures by both Jane and Tony were published on the front of the following day's paper.
📷Jane Bown for the Observer
On the 6 March 1971 The Observer photographer Tony McGrath captured the first national demo of the Women's Liberation Movement for the newspaper.
📷Tony McGrath for the Observer
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As part of The Guardian Foundation, we're passionate about making sure our archive collections help people understand & engage with the historical contexts in which past news stories were made.
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Did you know that the Cambridge Five spy Kim Philby was also Middle East correspondent for The Observer newspaper from 1955 until his defection to Russia in January 1963?
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Does the National Pancake Race still happen?
@Guardian photographer Don McPhee snapped these competitors in the Race's north-west heat in 1976.
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Queen Victoria died #OTD in 1901. Learn about the Manchester Guardian's obituary supplement: theguardian.com/gnmeducationce…… #QueenVictoria #DeathOfAQueen
