@200Magazine ran June 2022-May 2023, reporting the news from the 1820s in the style of today. Archive of 11 editions now at balh.org.uk/200-magazine
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The website of @BALHNews is a fitting new home for the 11 editions of @200Magazine which strove to report the news from 1822 and 1823 in every part of the UK and Ireland. Check out the archive at ow.ly/W2XX50PRQvc
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Now in a new home on the website of @BALHNews at ow.ly/QAtM50PRQrX, the archive of 11 editions of @200Magazine reported the news two centuries ago from every corner of the UK and Ireland and every continent, but in the language of today
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New on the @BALHNews website, the 11 editions of @200Magazine reported what was happening two centuries ago in 1822 and 1823 when George IV, the Duke of Wellington, Beethoven, Shelley, Turner, Telford and Madame Tussaud were among the news-makers. ow.ly/aR2A50PRQqJ
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2 Oct 2023
New on the website of @BALHNews , the 11 editions of @200Magazine reported what was happening two centuries ago in 1822 and 1823 when George IV, the Duke of Wellington, Beethoven, Shelley, Turner, Telford and Madame Tussaud were among the news-makers. balh.org.uk/200-magazine
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@200Magazine ran from June 2022 to May 2023, reporting the news from two centuries ago but in the style of today. Now its archive of 11 editions has a new home, the website of the British Association for Local History @BALHNews at balh.org.uk/200-magazine
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11 Apr 2023
Out now, April's edition of @200Magazine, reporting the news from two centuries ago. This month in 1823, France invades Spain to oust its liberal government & restore autocratic King Ferdinand. Get the news & sign up for email alerts when 200 is online at 200livinghistory.info
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13 Mar 2023
Big names in the news this month in 1823 in @200Magazine -- George IV, the Duke of Wellington, Rossini, the poet John Clare, William Wilberforce and Pirates of the Caribbean. Find out what was what at 200livinghistory.info
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13 Mar 2023
March's edition of @200Magazine has the news from two centuries ago, including King George telling Tory ministers to get tough on cartoonists, Wilberforce hitting out at slavery & another mass killing in the Greek war of independence. Read all about it at 200livinghistory.info
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10 Feb 2023
Catch February's @200Magazine reporting the news from 1823 as if it's happening now. Including this month: war imminent in Europe, campaign launched vs slavery, vaccine pioneer Jenner is dead, human remains thousands of years old found in Welsh cave. Visit 200livinghistory.info
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9 Feb 2023
This month 200 years ago, John Julius Angerstein has died. You've probably never heard of him but he was a key figure at @LloydsofLondon and his art collection helped start the @NationalGallery Read all about it in the Feb 1823 edition of @200Magazine at 200livinghistory.info
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9 Feb 2023
This month 200 years ago, tributes are paid to Dr Edward Jenner, who transformed medicine with his smallpox vaccine. He's died and now there are calls for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey., Read all about it in the Feb 1823 edition of @200Magazine at 200livinghistory.info
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9 Feb 2023
This month 200 years ago, opponents of Lord Liverpool's Tory government are taking their campaign to the country. They're angry abt corruption at a time when many people are 'steeped in poverty'. Read all about it in the Feb 1823 edition of @200Magazine at 200livinghistory.info
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9 Feb 2023
This month two centuries ago, a campaign to end slavery across the British Empire is underway. William Wilberforce, who fought to ban the slave trade 20 years earlier, is backing it. Find out more in the February 1823 edition of @200Magazine - online at 200ivinghistory.info
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8 Feb 2023
In February's free @200Magazine: Britain lost some big names in 1823, including Dr Edward Jenner, the vaccine pioneer, & tycoon John Julius Angerstein whose collection was the cornerstone of the @NationalGallery founded in 1824. @DrJennersHouse @JennerInstitute @JennerProject
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8 Feb 2023
Online now, the February edition of @200Magazine reports the news from 1823 as if it was happening now -- from London, Dublin, the Gower Peninsula, Wells, Hereford, York, Gloucestershire, Newcastle, France & Spain, and Washington DC. It's all at 200livinghistory.info @BALHNews
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8 Feb 2023
Out now, the February edition of @200Magazine with all the news from 1823 - but in the language of 2023. The headlines: War is imminent in Europe and a campaign has been launched to abolish slavery. Find out more at 200livinghistory.info
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18 Jan 2023
Find out what was in the news 200 years ago this month: @200Magazine has all the headlines from January 1823, including winter shipwrecks, fears of war in Europe, body-snatching and a riot in Dublin. Thanks to the journalists of 1823 and @BNArchive 200livinghistory.info
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18 Jan 2023
In the new edition of @200Magazine get the view too from 2023 on the news of 200 years ago: including the impending 200th anniversary of @RNLI, the UK's many lifeboat museums, and the first @ScotlandRHShow @The_RHASS Find out more at 200livinghistory.info
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18 Jan 2023
In January 1823, body-snatching is a big issue - even threatening the graves of high-profile Georgians like boxer Tom Hickman, killed in a road accident last month. Find out why it was done in the new edition of @200Magazine issuu.com/johnevans00/docs/2…
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18 Jan 2023
The first 2023 edition of @200Magazine is now online, reporting the news from 1823 as if it was happening now and in today's language. Go to 200livinghistory.info to read and download it, and our six previous editions, and sign up for email alerts when new editions are out.
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