The London Times 1886 photo

The London Times 1886

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently, and have only had common ownership since 1967.

See also:

The Sunday Times

The New York Times

The Times of India

The Tampa Bay Times

The Los Angeles Times

The Economic Times

The Seattle Times

The Irish Times

The Straits Times


“The incessant witless repetition of advertisers' moron-fodder has become so much a part of life that, if we are not careful, we forget to be insulted by it.”
The London Times 1886
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