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From the Observer archive: this week in 1967

Researchers find widespread discrimination and prejudice against immigrants to Britain

Published: 7:05 PM

Published: 7:05 PM

From the Observer files: this week in 1953

Stalin’s death ushers in a more relaxed era in Russian politics

Published: 7:04 PM

Published: 7:04 PM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1832

The Reform bill, giving votes to hundreds of thousands more people, finally passes through the House of Commons

Published: 2:04 AM

Published: 2:04 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1977

A particularly brutal week in Ulster

Published: 2:05 AM

Published: 2:05 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1988

The response to the SAS shooting of IRA terrorists on the streets of Gibraltar

Published: 1:01 AM

Published: 1:01 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1971

Unrestricted immigration from Commonwealth countries to end as Britain prepares to join the European Economic Community

Published: 7:05 PM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1923

The bicentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren

Published: 7:04 PM

From the archive: the truth about 1970s commercial air travel

A look back on an airlines exposé in the Observer Magazine. By Juliana Piskorz

Published: 1:00 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1963

Publishers prepare to release The Kama Sutra and Tropic of Cancer to the British public

Published: 7:04 PM

From the archive: Love, marriage and extramarital affairs in the 60s

A look back at marital advice from the Observer Magazine

Published: 1:00 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1960

Teenagers begin to make their mark on society

Published: 7:04 PM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1947

The partition of Palestine suffers a shaky start

Published: 7:05 PM

From the archive: Why Cliff would dress like Cilla, 1968

A look back at the Observer Magazine’s past – and an article entitled: ‘Peeping Over the Sexual Fence’

Published: 1:00 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1960

An overhaul of our attitude to bookmakers is long overdue

Published: 7:05 PM

From the archive: the women’s issue, 1968

A look back at the Observer Magazine’s past

Published: 12:59 AM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1970

Privacy and the freedoms of the Press

Published: 7:04 PM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1950

Coming to terms with China’s new order

Published: 7:04 PM

From the Observer archive: this week in 1973

The oil crisis threatens to end the postwar boom

Published: 7:05 PM

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