"I have literally no say in it."
May 6, 2021 11:08 AM Subscribe
The Guardian website, 200 years ago.
On the occasion of its bicentenary, football cartoonist David Squires recalls The Manchester Guardian's online news portal as it appeared in 1821.
On the occasion of its bicentenary, football cartoonist David Squires recalls The Manchester Guardian's online news portal as it appeared in 1821.
“... a fine periodical that would speak truth to power and remain forever unsullied by typos.”
Right there in the first frame. Hey, you gotta know thyself.
posted by Huffy Puffy at 11:41 AM on May 6, 2021 [10 favorites]
Right there in the first frame. Hey, you gotta know thyself.
posted by Huffy Puffy at 11:41 AM on May 6, 2021 [10 favorites]
I particularly enjoyed, "In centuries from now, we'll be unable to function without constantly caressing our automatic masters."
posted by panglos at 12:46 PM on May 6, 2021 [8 favorites]
posted by panglos at 12:46 PM on May 6, 2021 [8 favorites]
"That's showbiz." Gold.
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:07 PM on May 6, 2021
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:07 PM on May 6, 2021
I was kind of disappointed that it wasn't actually the news of 1821 in an online format recognizable to the 2021 reader. It could be a neat cultural-historical translation activity, seeing what really was filling the headlines back then in a form that might be clicked, browsed, and doomscrolled today.
Also, I am fun at every party.
posted by saturday_morning at 3:43 PM on May 6, 2021 [8 favorites]
Also, I am fun at every party.
posted by saturday_morning at 3:43 PM on May 6, 2021 [8 favorites]
I'm surprised and pleased to see that the 200 year old web portal doesn't use Adobe Flash. Well done.
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:15 PM on May 6, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:15 PM on May 6, 2021 [1 favorite]
Not Flash, they wrote it in Cold Fusion.
posted by biogeo at 5:27 PM on May 6, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 5:27 PM on May 6, 2021 [3 favorites]
I don’t feel like that story about Lord Willian Parsnips really got to the root of the matter.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:03 PM on May 6, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:03 PM on May 6, 2021 [4 favorites]
Bless them for getting a dictionary within the last 200 years. #subscriber
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 9:05 PM on May 6, 2021
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 9:05 PM on May 6, 2021
Also wonderful: The Guardian’s first ever edition – annotated
And worth filing away for a pub quiz: “Taken up, black Newfoundland bitch” was the headline of the paper’s first article.
posted by rongorongo at 12:57 AM on May 7, 2021
And worth filing away for a pub quiz: “Taken up, black Newfoundland bitch” was the headline of the paper’s first article.
posted by rongorongo at 12:57 AM on May 7, 2021
I really wish there was an equivalent to Squires's comic but for topical news. I just like the idea of a Beano/Buster style cartoon doing a daft and whimsical take on the news.
posted by Eleven at 6:38 AM on May 7, 2021
posted by Eleven at 6:38 AM on May 7, 2021
I'm pretty sure Lord Parsnips' choice of weapons there would have meant that BOTH parties had ceremonial toasting forks. I mean, otherwise the whole thing would make no sense!
posted by Paul Slade at 4:11 AM on May 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade at 4:11 AM on May 11, 2021 [2 favorites]
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Happy 200th, dear Grauniad!
posted by chavenet at 11:30 AM on May 6, 2021 [13 favorites]