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Richard Nelsson

Richard Nelsson is information manager for the Guardian, and the editor of The Guardian Book of Mountains

August 2024

  • British Army troops patrol the streets after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, mid to late August 1969.

    From the Guardian archive
    British troops sent into Northern Ireland – archive, 1969

    On 14 August 1969, the British government deployed troops on the streets of Northern Ireland to restore public order after weeks of violent sectarian rioting

July 2024

  • Irish playwright, short-story writer and novelist Edna O'Brien, 3 April 1962.

    From the Guardian archive
    Edna O’Brien in her own words – archive, 1962

    20 November 1962: The writer talks to Denis Hart about leaving County Clare for London, debut novel The Country Girls, and her new play
  • A Turkish army tank passes the Saray Hotel in the Turkish section of Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 July 1974.

    From the Guardian archive
    Archive, 1974: Turkey invades Cyprus

    On 20 July 1974, thousands of Turkish troops landed in northern Cyprus, five days after an Athens-orchestrated coup had taken place on the island
  • French prime ministerJacques Chirac (L), speaks with Socialist President Francois Mitterrand during the annual Bastille Day military parade in an undated picture.

    From the Guardian archive
    Cohabitation government begins in France – archive, 1986

    In March 1986, Socialist President Francois Mitterrand appointed centre-right leader Jacques Chirac as prime minister after losing the parliamentary elections

May 2024

  • Peter Preston's records in the GNM Archive relating to the handling of the press and the enquiries that followed the Falklands War, December 1977 - September 1986. GNM Archive ref: GUA/6/1/1/1/2/2/8

    Archive teaching resource
    The Falklands war in the GNM Archive

    A guide to researching the Falklands war using records from the Guardian and Observer’s archive

April 2024

  • Nelson Mandela casts his vote in South Africa’s first all-race election, Oshlange, black township near Durban, 27 April 1994.

    From the Guardian archive
    The day apartheid died: South Africa’s first free elections – archive, 1994

    In April 1994, the country held its first all-race, democratic elections. See how the Guardian reported events
  • Carnation revolution In Lisbon, Portugal 25 April 1974.

    From the Guardian archive
    Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – archive, April 1974

    On 25 April 1974, an almost-bloodless coup brought down more than 40 years of dictatorship in Portugal and ended Europe’s longest-lasting dictatorship
  • France and Britain agree not to let Africa divide them by dividing Africa. French cartoon, 1904.

    From the Guardian archive
    The signing of the Entente Cordiale – archive, April 1904

    On 8 April 1904, Britain and France signed a historic agreement heralding an end to centuries of bloody feuding. See how the Guardian reported events

March 2024

  • Composite of some of the Garrick Club’s members.

    The Garrick Club’s notable members – in pictures

    The Garrick Club is likely to hold a vote this year on changing its rules to allow female members. A Guardian investigation into those who will help decide the issue reveals a host of people in public life among its members

January 2024

  • Britain's first Labour cabinet, 1924. From right to left seated are Arthur Henderson, JH Thomas, JR Clynes, Ramsay Macdonald (prime minister), Haldane, and Philip Snowden. Sydney Webb is on left in back row.

    From the Guardian archive
    Ramsay MacDonald forms Britain’s first Labour government – archive, 1924

  • Thousands stand around a euro symbol in Frankfurt's banking district on 1 January 1999.

    From the Guardian archive
    The launch of the euro – archive, 1999

December 2023

  • A ballot box

    What’s ahead in 2024: calendar of the year

  • West Berliners queue to apply to make the crossing to East Berlin, 19 December 1963. For the first time since its erection, the Berlin Wall was opened for border crossings for 18 days over the Christmas period.

    From the Guardian archive
    The Berlin Wall is opened for Christmas – archive, 1963

October 2023

  • Kemal Ataturk introducing the new Roman alphabet, circa 1928.

    From the Guardian archive
    Turkey switches from Arabic script to the Latin alphabet – archive, 1928

  • John standing on an ice floe.

    From the Guardian archive
    From the Guardian archive: some of John Vidal’s greatest pieces

September 2023

  • Michael Frayn.

    From the Guardian archive
    Michael Frayn at 90: a miscellany of the satirical columnist’s finest moments

    Playwright and novelist Frayn wrote for the Guardian since 1957. Here’s a selection of his writing from the past 65 years, covering everything from the arrival of saunas to the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial

July 2023

  • Adolofo Suarez votes in Spain’s first free elections since before the civil war, June 1977.

    From the Guardian archive
    Spain holds first democratic election after death of Franco – archive, 1977

  • Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy.

    From the Guardian archive
    ‘You laugh as you’re choking’: a selection of Derek Malcolm’s seminal film reviews

June 2023

  • Cross-country swimmers on the Pembroke coast

    Boots and bathers: the rise of UK cross-country swimming and where to do it

    The newly popular mix of hiking and open-water swimming opens up new routes for adventurers looking to explore mountains, lakes and coasts

May 2023

  • President of Turkey, General Ismet Inönü, centre foreground, during the funeral service for President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 21 November 1938.

    From the Guardian archive
    Turkey’s first multi-party elections – archive, 1946

    The new National Assembly, chosen by universal suffrage and secret ballot, will also include opposition parties
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