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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Publisher | Newsquest |
Founded | 1856 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Loudwater, Buckinghamshire |
Circulation | 6,447(as of 2023) [1] |
Website | bucksfreepress |
The Bucks Free Press is a weekly local newspaper, published every Friday and covering the area surrounding High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It was first published on 19 December 1856.
It covers news for south Buckinghamshire—focusing primarily on High Wycombe, Amersham, Princes Risborough and Beaconsfield—as opposed to the entire county.
Marlow has its own edition called the Marlow Free Press which has a number of changed pages.
The paper covers local news, features, leisure and sport. The sport section features extensive coverage of Wycombe Wanderers football club who play at Adams Park, High Wycombe.
Alongside the main Bucks Free Press paper, it also publishes an Aylesbury edition and a Chesham and Amersham edition each week.
The fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett started his career as a journalist with the Bucks Free Press in 1965. [2] [3] [4]
In March 2017, the paper appointed the first female editor in its history, Samantha Harman. The current editor is Katie French who oversees Newsquest's Buckinghamshire and Berkshire region as regional editor.
Between 1965 and 1970 the fantasy author wrote weekly stories for the Children's Circle section, written under the pseudonym Uncle Jim.
Now due to a collaboration between the Bucks Free Press and Friends of High Wycombe Libraries the 250 stories will all be put online for readers to enjoy.
To read these stories go to www.terrypratchett.weebly.com
Between the 8th of October 1965 and the 17th of July 1970, acclaimed fantasy author Terry Pratchett wrote stories for the Bucks Free Press newspaper which were published weekly, sometimes in episodic format. They were printed in the Children's Circle section, written under the pseudonym of Uncle Jim. His style of writing and humour are easily recognisable in places. In total, Terry wrote 247 episodes for Children's Circle – a total of 67 individual stories.