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Sir William Napier stopped to console an unhappy little girl, and made her a promise he did not find it easy to keep.
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By Poly Von Schneidau, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Ardent opera buffs descend like locusts on Jenny Lind’s hotel, eager for a memento.
By E.O.S. and Company of employees of the Times of India, Bombay. Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.
By Egbert van der Poel, (16621-1664). Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Stead warned his fellow-journalists to take care that their bellicose rhetoric did not end in a real war with Russia.
By Gorgo, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain image.
Gaius Caesar is disappointed with the quality of the entertainment on offer in Rome’s Circus Maximus.
By A. D. Lewis, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Stead conceived modern print journalism in the belief that newspapers could change the world.