THE Herald today reaches a milestone in its long and illustrious history. The Glasgow Advertiser (as The Herald was then known) first appeared on January 27, 1783.
In the 235 years since, The Herald has reported on the fortunes of nine heads of state, from George III to the present Queen, 65 premierships, from the Earl of Shelburne to Theresa May, and five First Ministers, from Donald Dewar to Nicola Sturgeon. The newspaper became The Herald and Advertiser in 1802 and the Glasgow Herald in 1805. It was renamed The Herald in 1992.
The Herald has covered the great events of the past 235 years, from the French Revolutionary Wars to the referendums on Scottish independence in 2014 and, this year, leaving the European Union.
The title has had 26 editors. The incumbent, Graeme Smith, said: “A strong, indigenous press is vital to hold authority to account and scrutinise our politicians and institutions, a role our journalists carry out with pride and rigour, consistently producing compelling news coverage, analysis and comment.
“We are delighted to celebrate 235 years of serving our readers and we thank them for their loyalty and support. Our anniversary coincides with us achieving a combined print and online audience bigger than at any point in our history.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
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