Sunday Telegraph 50th anniversary
The first edition of the Sunday Telegraph hit the streets on Sunday, February 5 1961.
The Sunday Telegraph at 50
The Sunday Telegraph at 50
Nigel Farndale delves into the archives to explore half a century of extraordinary newspaper history.
The key events of the last 50 years
As the Sunday Telegraph prepares to celebrate its 50th birthday, we look back at the major world events of the last half century.
Stories of the 1960s
The idea of these anniversary articles is to tell the 50-year history of The Sunday Telegraph in 50 stories.
Stories of the 1970s
On June 1, 1975, four days before the referendum on Europe, a full-page op ed article was headlined “Fourfold case for saying yes”.
Stories of the 1980s
In April 1980 there was cautious optimism about the election of “Comrade Mugabe” as leader of “Zimbabwe Rhodesia”.
Stories of the 1990s
The 1990s dawned with a controversial comment from Norman Tebbit about a proposed new cricket test.
Stories of the 2000s
In the wake of 9/11, The Sunday Telegraph talked to an Englishwoman who had spent the day waiting for news of her husband.
Christopher Booker: my fifty years
It seems very odd to be stumbling on to the stage as The Sunday Telegraph’s “oldest living inhabitant”.
Oliver Pritchett: just a boy who doled out the fivers
48 years ago I walked in through the door of that looming Telegraph building in Fleet Street.
Sunday Telegraph advert from 1987
TV advert for the Sunday Telegraph titled Pencil Sharpener from 1987.
The Sunday Telegraph launched 50 years ago
BBC archive footage shows how the newsroom looked in 1961.
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Four women, five decades
Women, born in the year The Sunday Telegraph was launched, talk about why their lives are richer than ever.
06 Feb 2011
The Sunday Telegraph at 50: a passion for quality, truth and freedom
Telegraph View: The world has changed considerably in the past 50 years - but the Sunday Telegraph's values remain as relevant as ever.
06 Feb 2011
Sunday Telegraph at 50: what will the world be like in another 50 years?
From sport and science to art and politics, the world will look very different in 2061, when 'The Sunday Telegraph' will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Here, leading commentators share their personal visions of the future.
06 Feb 2011
My long crusade for common sense
To mark The Sunday Telegraph's 50th anniversary, Christopher Booker, its longest-serving columnist, looks back on 21 years of campaigning against a broken system.
05 Feb 2011
Knightley: my most challenging role yet
Keira Knightley talks about the challenge of getting into the role of a character that she doesn't like in her latest film, Never Let Me Go.
04 Feb 2011
Living art: ears, skulls and holograms
Controllable light bubbles, hologram performances, colour centrifuges, headbutting skulls, and a man with and ear sewn into his arm.
04 Feb 2011
Fifty great heroes: 1-25
Lord Ashcroft tells the stories of 50 military heroes who were awarded the Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.
16 Jan 2011
Fifty great heroes: 26-50
The second part of Lord Ashcroft's list looking at 50 brave heroes whose military exploits won them medals.
16 Jan 2011
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