Type | Newspaper |
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Owner(s) | W H & L Collingridge Ltd |
Founder(s) | William Hill Collingridge |
Founded | 1857 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 1871 |
Headquarters | London, England, United Kingdom |
OCLC number | 17566998 |
City Press was a British newspaper published during the 19th and early-20th centuries by W H & L Collingridge Ltd.
It was founded in 1857 by William Hill Collingridge to provide a newspaper for the City of London. [1]
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a cartoonist, and in the second sense they are usually called an animator.
House of Cards is a 1990 British political thriller television serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990. Released to critical and popular acclaim for its writing, direction, and performances, it is considered one of the greatest British television shows ever made.
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The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to The Guardian and The Guardian Weekly, whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.
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