Funded Ph.D. Opportunity at Northumbria University
The Northern Echo and the Politics of Place
The establishment of The Northern Echo newspaper, in 1870, disrupts our understanding of the concept of a “regional/national” press in Britain. This project seeks to challenge current understandings of nineteenth-century press history through a detailed examination of The Northern Echo, once termed “the best newspaper in Europe.” Partnering with the British Library and through innovative use of their digitized collections of nineteenth-century British newspapers, the research will critically …
