The Sunday Graphic was a weekly English tabloid newspaper that was published in Fleet Street.
| Type | Sunday newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Allied Newspapers/Kemsley Newspapers (1925-1959), Thomson Newspapers Ltd. (1959-1960)[1] |
| Editor | Reginald Simpson (1935–1947) |
| Founded | 1915 as the Sunday Herald |
| Ceased publication | December 4, 1960 |
| Headquarters | Fleet Street, London |
| Sister newspapers | Daily Sketch (1927–1952) |
The newspaper was founded in 1915 as the Sunday Herald and was later renamed the Illustrated Sunday Herald.
It was acquired by Allied Newspapers in 1925; in 1927 it changed its name to the Sunday Graphic, becoming the sister paper of the Daily Sketch, which had recently taken over the Daily Graphic[2] (and was renamed the Daily Graphic again from 1946[3] to 1952).[4] In 1931 it was merged with the Sunday News.
The paper remained in the ownership of the Kemsley group after its daily sister paper was acquired by Associated Newspapers in 1952.[5] In 1959 the Kemsley group, including the Sunday Graphic, was acquired by Roy Thomson, later Lord Thomson.[6]
The Sunday Graphic ceased publication on 4 December 1960.[7]
Editors
edit- 1926: T. Hill
- 1931: Alan Sinclair
- 1935: Reginald Simpson
- 1947: M. Watts
- 1947: N. Hamilton
- 1948: Iain Lang
- 1949: A. J. Josey
- 1950: Barry Horniblow
- 1952: Philip Brownrigg
- 1953: Mike Randall
- 1953: Gordon McKenzie
- 1958: Allan Hall
- 1959: Robert Anderson
- 1960: Andrew Ewart[7]
References
edit- ^ "Thomson Newspapers Appointments", The Times page 6, 4 January 1960
- ^ "Amalgamation of Daily Graphic and Daily Sketch". The Times. 16 October 1926. p. 4.
- ^ "A Graphic Sketch". Daily Mirror. 2 July 1946. p. 2.
- ^ "Our London Correspondence". Manchester Guardian. 2 January 1953. p. 4.
- ^ "Daily Graphic sold", The Times page 8, 12 December 1952
- ^ "Mr. Thomson Gets Control of Kemsleys", The Daily Telegraph page 1 continued on page 10, 17 July 1959
- ^ a b Butler, David; Sloman, Anne (1980). British Political Facts, 1900-1979. St. Martin's Press. p. 445. ISBN 978-0312104665.
