Around 10 million people across the world read the Guardian’s journalism online every day. But, before it was possible to read our reporting instantaneously, the introduction many of our international readers had to the Guardian was through the Guardian Weekly, which was first published 100 years ago today.
The Weekly has been providing a snapshot of world affairs for a century; for Guardian readers who left the UK behind as well as those who had never stepped foot in the country.
The Weekly began, in the wake of the first world war, by reproducing articles from what was then the Manchester Guardian for readers around the world. It evolved to include reports from Le Monde and the Washington Post and, later, the Observer and our global network of websites. In October 2018, we relaunched the Weekly as a newsstand magazine after 99 years as a newspaper.
To celebrate this anniversary the Weekly team have produced a special edition – available on selected newsstands today – featuring original Guardian Weekly front pages covering momentous events from the Wall Street crash to the election of Donald Trump.
The Weekly has evolved many times: from wispy wartime paper stocks to a still-beloved airmail-paper edition; from the recent half-Berliner size through to the magazine. Guardian and Observer reporters have been witnesses to history in every corner of the planet – and much of their work has featured in the Weekly.
The Guardian Weekly’s centenary comes at an important time for the Guardian and Observer. Our daily newspaper will mark its 200th anniversary in 2021 and, thanks to our readers in all formats, we are now in a stronger financial position than we have been in decades. Throughout a period of disruption in the newspaper industry, readers of the Weekly have provided some of the Guardian’s most loyal support.
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