First daily newspaper to be published in England. Published by Elixabeth Mallet from rooms above the White Hart in Fleet Street.
2022: Londonist, rightly, draws attention to the fact that this, Britain's first daily newspaper, was founded by a woman, Elizabeth Mallet, and yet she is not mentioned on the plaques, let alone honoured with one herself.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Daily Courant
Crane Court The Daily Courant, No 1 Wednesday March 11, 1702 {A facsimile of ...
The Corporation of the City of London In a house near this site was publishe...
Richard Joseph Hughes CBE was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for The Times and other publications. Generally considered to be a British spy and...
Person, Espionage, Journalism / Publishing, Australia, China/Hong Kong
Newspaper owner. He and his brother Alfred, later Lord Northcliffe, developed the London Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. Born Hampstead. During the lead up to WW2 he was a strong supporter of Oswald M...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza is a Russian-British political activist, journalist, author, filmmaker, and former political prisoner. A protégé of murdered Russian dissident Boris Nemtsov. Fol...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Russia
There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...
Born Ruy Barbosa D'Oliveira in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. A defender of civil liberties, he fought for the abolition of slavery in Brazil. He fled to London after being accused of being a conspirat...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Brazil
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