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Is The Guardian an actual newspaper?

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MsAmerica · 02/11/2016 18:06

Could someone tell me, is The Guardian an actual physical paper newspaper, or is it only an online website?

I thought this might be a good place to ask.

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kirinm · 02/11/2016 18:06

Yes it's an actual paper.

FrizzyNoodles · 02/11/2016 18:07

It's an actual paper but it does gradually get thinner. Also the observer on a Sunday.

claig · 02/11/2016 18:07

Good question, I have been wondering if the Guardian is a newspaper for a long time myself.

It does have a physical paper as well as being online.

FrizzyNoodles · 02/11/2016 18:08

It has been getting thinner the last few years - not in your hands. ( my post above was a bit weird!)

YokoUhOh · 02/11/2016 18:10

OP here's a pic and everything...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian

ImperialBlether · 02/11/2016 18:10

Is this a serious question?

SurelyYoureJokingMrFeynman · 02/11/2016 18:13

It's been an actual newspaper since 1821!

It was originally the Manchester Guardian, and in the online archive you can read as it reports on the Chartists in the 1840s, the cotton famines of the 1860s, the casualties of the First World War and the Manchester fundraising to support them...

It's an amazing archive.

SurelyYoureJokingMrFeynman · 02/11/2016 18:14

History of the Guardian

VoyageOfDad · 02/11/2016 18:14

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YokoUhOh · 02/11/2016 18:22

Possibly OP isn't from the UK so would only know the online version of the Graun

eddiemairswife · 02/11/2016 18:25

It's a lovely newspaper that I had delivered for decades until the newsagent closed about a year ago. Since then I've had to get used to reading it and doing the crossword on-line.

MsAmerica · 02/11/2016 23:06

Thanks so much. Just fact-checking so I don't make a mistake.

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BreakWindandFire · 03/11/2016 20:08

Are you mistaking it for the Independent, which was a physical newspaper, but which is now online only?

bertsdinner · 05/11/2016 17:20

Out of interest, why do people call it the Graun or Grauniad? Is it just a nickname or does it have meaning? I see this a lot in CIF comments and have often wondered.

RaisingSteam · 05/11/2016 17:22

Grauniad The Guardian was historically notorious for its spelling and other mistakes.

claig · 05/11/2016 17:23

'Out of interest, why do people call it the Graun or Grauniad?'

Good question. Is it something to do with readers groaning when they read its articles? Interested to know why.

gratefully · 05/11/2016 17:24

OP are you British?

PrettyBotanicals · 07/11/2016 19:24

Private Eye started the 'Grauniad' business in the 70/80s I believe as a piss take over the shocking spelling mistakes littering its then admirable pages.

Even my socialist dad doesn't bother these days, fed up with its well-spelled,elitist, metrocentric, narrow and insultingly obvious SJW agenda and ghastly virtue signalling Take a Break type writing.

YokoUhOh · 08/11/2016 10:16

Yes, the Grauniad is what Private Eye called it back in the day, like Pretty said.

Nowadays, the writers are less of the Dave Spart school and more like The Eye's Controversial New Columnist (a baby).

I still read it

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