Part of An introduction to newspapers in the UK
The quality papers - the 'broadsheets' (though not that size anymore) - are probably the most famous to readers overseas. The Times, the UK's oldest national newspaper, is not the most popular - that accolade falls to the Daily Telegraph, known affectionately as the Daily Torygraph because of the staunch support to the Conservative Party.
The Independent, The Guardian and the financial newspaper The Financial Times (which, incidentally, is not related to The Times in any way), makes up the rest of the so-called quality papers.
It's important to notice, though, that for all the broadsheets' influence, the mass-market tabloids sell up to four times as many copies. And, if you're looking in vain for 'The London Times', such a newspaper title has never, in fact, existed - The Times has always been a national newspaper. The Guardian, once based in Manchester, was known as The Manchester Guardian until the sixties.
The quality newspapers
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