Dr. Nathaniel Andrews, former Senior Editor at British Online Archives (BOA), discusses the history of print media with Adrian Bingham, Professor of Modern British History at the University of Sheffield. Adrian has published extensively on the history of British journalism and was an editorial board member for BOA’s series of primary source collections, British Illustrated Periodicals, 1869–1970. Adrian also wrote a contextual essay for this series: “British Print Media, 1860s–1960s”. In this episode of Talking History, Adrian and Nathaniel discuss the rise of print media, the relationship between the media and politics, and the role of the media in the construction of gender. They also reflect upon the importance of digitising print media. 

Please note, this episode was recorded in October 2022.

Hosted by Dr. Nathaniel Andrews.
Produced by Laura Wales.