The same conversations being had in 1933, about Jewish refugees fleeing terrible conditions in Germany are being had in Britain about refugees from brown countries? The difference? This time it's predominantly from countries we have bombed.

"If this book be, as we apprehend it is, the first work of the author, we hope he will produce a second, -giving himself more time in its composition than in the present case" - a critical contemporary review of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights -The Examiner 1848 #history #literature

30th August 1823, the morning chronicle announces the death of Pope Pius VII, who oversaw the Napoleonic wars and famously excommunicated Napoleon and was later taken prisoner. #pope #PopeFrancis

The headlines on Easter Sunday 100 years ago

8th December 1933, The Hampshire Telegraph quotes an opinion of Adolf Hitler as a "man of peace". #history #ww2

23rd August 1963, Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser gives this scathing review of the Beatles 'craze', ending with a prediction that the 'Liverpudlian rage' will die out. #history #beatles #music

Perhaps the earliest mention of Mozart in British Newspapers. February 23 1765, Jackson's Oxford Journal makes mention of the 8-year-old prodigy. #history #music #mozart #ClassicalMusic

A superpower in decline. 15th April 1925, On this day 100 years ago, the South Wales Daily Post laments Great Britain's decline as an industrial powerhouse #history #britain

100 years ago today, London's The Daily Chronicle posted this crossword. How will you fare?

13th April 1861 and newspapers across the USA report the fateful opening shots of a bloody civil war #history (video in replies)

Headlines 100 years ago today - from the sinking of a naval boat to the Prince of Wales (future Edward VIII) going surfing.