Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about
The Times Newspaper
– The Times newspaper did not carry news stories on the front page until 1966
– The Times is the UK’s oldest current daily national newspaper, founded as the Daily & Universal Register in 1785 before changing its name to The Times in 1788
– The Times crossword first appeared on 1st February 1930
– The Times newspaper was not printed for nearly a year between 1978 and 1979 due to an industrial dispute
– The first photograph in the Times newspaper appeared in 1914
The Sunday Times
– The Sunday Times newspaper (despite its name) had no relationship with The Times newspaper until a change of ownership in 1966 led to them becoming sister papers
– The Sunday Times was the first UK national Sunday newspaper to supply a colour magazine supplement in 1962
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