All this week,the Guardian,as you may have guessed my favourite daily is celebrating its 50,000 edition.First launched in 1821 in Manchester on the day that Napolean died,it reproduced that first front page in the Saturday edition.
The lead story.......if such a thing existed:
A Black Newfoundland bitch,any person having lost the same may have her again on escribing her marks and paying all expenses.......
Today Editor Alan Rushbridger celebrates the 50,000 edition writing
" Guardian you read today - whether on newsprint or on a screen - has its roots in the struggle for suffrage and free speech, in particular the violent events in 1819 which became known as the Peterloo Massacre.
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