The Manchester Guardian first printed

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The

Mancheser Guardian

first appeared as weekly in 1821, becoming a daily in 1855 after the stamp duty on newspapers was lifted. Coming from Manchester it was notably liberal and non-conformist in its stance, the voice of radical progress and political and moral reform, in contrast to the conservative posture of the London

Times

and

Daily Telegraph

. The word “Manchester” was dropped from the name in 1959.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "The Manchester Guardian first printed". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 December 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5506, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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