Tabloid newspaper. Created by Alfred Harmsworth, initially as a paper for women by women but the following year he changed it to be a picture paper with a male editor and he fired all the female journalists. In 1913 he sold the paper to his brother Harold.
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Daily Mirror newspaper
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Hippodrome - Harry Houdini
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
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S Carter Hall
On the Executive Committee for the 1851 Great Exhibition Memorial.Journal editor and writer.Born Geneva barracks, Co. Waterford, Ireland. Died 24 Stanford Road, Kensington.
1 memorial
George Holyoake
Radical journalist, secularist and promoter of the Co-operative Movement. Born Birmingham as George Jacob Holyoake. He coined the term "secularism" in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secul...
1 memorial
A. Bell Booksellers
On 1 September 1773 A. Bell Booksellers published a volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley. At this time book publishers and sellers were often the same people.
1 memorial
Frederic George Stephens
Born 10th October 1827, Walworth. Art critic and historian. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1844 where he met Millais and Holman Hunt with whom he joined to found the Pre-Raphaelite Broth...
1 memorial
Bert Hardy
Documentary and press photographer known for his work published in 'Picture Post' 1941-57. Born and grew up in Priory Buildings. Photo Histories says Bert was "the first of seven children to carp...
1 memorial
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