The ''Sunday Graphic'' was a
weekly English
tabloid newspaper that was published in
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England. It runs west to east from Temple Bar, London, Temple Bar at the boundary of the City of London, Cities of London and City of Westminster, Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the Lo ...
.
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'' (and was renamed the ''Daily Graphic'' again from 1946 to 1952). 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. In 1959 the Kemsley group, including the ''Sunday Graphic'', was acquired by
Roy Thomson, later Lord Thomson.
["Mr. Thomson Gets Control of Kemsleys", '']The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...
'' page 1 continued on page 10, 17 July 1959
The ''Sunday Graphic'' ceased publication on 4 December 1960.
Editors
* 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
References
Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Newspapers established in 1915
Publications disestablished in 1960
1915 establishments in the United Kingdom
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