From “Dingy and Incommodious” to “Quite Palatial”? The Local and Regional Newspaper’s Presence in the English Townscape, c. 1850–2015
摘要
Bristol (UK)Macliver, Peter StewartReid, WalterNewcastle (UK)Bristol (UK) Shifting discussions of English newspapers from the metropole to the margins, this chapter examines the extent to which regional newspaper headquarters sought to emulate their national counterparts. Stretching across a wide range of publications across the country, it explores the ways in which the offices of the large regional newspapers differed from those of the more local press, in terms of size, function, and architectural style. This chapter considers the degree to which the requirements of provincial newspaper offices changed over time, in parallel with, and in response to, shifts in ownership patterns, the fortunes of individual papers, and the fate of the news industries as a whole. The cultural significance of the local and regional newspaper headquarters is also assessed, examining these alongside other civic buildings developed within the townscape in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, both of a private and public nature. Finally, this chapter explores how the varied architectural styles adopted by newspaper titles in specially commissioned buildings sought to respond to, shape, and/or articulate specific local and regional identities.