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Explore topics that matter to you using the Find menu, and enjoy articles from renowned writers like Caitlin Moran, Hugo Rifkind, and Jeremy Clarkson. Subscribers gain access to exclusive features such as The Rich List, Best Places to Live, and unique interviews. Unlock perks like free cinema tickets and live events through Times+ Rewards.

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What are the rules whe commenting on The Times website?

 An update to The Times and The Sunday Times commenting policy From December 13 The Times and The Sunday Times will require subscribers to use their real names when participating as part of the commenting community. If you currently comment under a pseudonym, you will need to change your screen name to your real name, under My Account. You must use your surname in full. Your first name should either be your full first name, or a commonly recognised variation or the initial of your first name.

Brand Introduction

Company mission

The Times, founded in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register, is the oldest national daily newspaper in the UK and holds an important place as the “paper of record” on public life, from politics and world affairs to business and sport. 

In his first edition, John Walter I explained that “like a well-covered table, it should contain something suited to every palate” including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements”. In its tone and political neutrality, Walter reserved the right of the newspaper “to censure or applaud either [political party]” and to cover contending issues with respectful “fair argument”. More than 200 years later, these founding principles hold true today. The Times has supported both New Labour and the Conservatives in recent times and supported Remain in the 2016 EU referendum.

In an age when world leaders routinely dismiss unwelcome reports as “fake news”, readers need a source they can trust for honest journalism that informs, entertains and analyses without bias. In The Times they can find agenda-setting investigations and exclusives, unrivalled coverage of politics and business at home and abroad, and a range of columnists from across the political spectrum showcased on our digital platforms and in print. Leading news reporting and analysis are complemented by an incisive Comment section, featuring columnists from across the political spectrum and the best satirical cartoonists. Other prominent fixtures include obituaries, business, sport, culture and puzzles (The Times introduced Sudoku to the nation in 2004). 

The foreign coverage of The Times is unmatched, with frontline reporting from award-winning writers and photographers such as Anthony Loyd and Jack Hill, and resident correspondents in key cities across the globe. Lively, expert coverage of business, sport, features, fashion, travel and food completes a weekly package unrivalled in its range and depth.  

The Times continues to innovate and to campaign for change. The Times Education Commission was a year-long project to examine every aspect of Britain’s education system and produce proposals for reform. Its recommendations were welcomed and endorsed across the political spectrum. The Times Health Commission, which published its report in February 2024, aims to do the same for health. The paper’s campaigns for clean air, clean water and safer cycling have all helped to effect real change. 

The Sunday Times was founded in 1822 as a separate newspaper and has a history of innovation stretching from a female proprietor in 1887 and a female editor in 1894, through to pioneering the publication of large illustrations, book serialisations, separate sections and the first colour magazine supplement in 1962. The Sunday Times supported Leave in the 2016 EU referendum.

Alice Ann Cornwell, the first female proprietor of The Sunday Times, pictured in 1889

The Times and The Sunday Times were first held under common ownership by Lord Thomson in 1966 as Times Media Limited and were bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1981. Times Media is now part of News UK. Both papers introduced digital subscriptions in 2010 to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism.

The titles are the biggest-selling quality print newspapers in the UK and in 2018 The Times was named Britain’s most trusted national newspaper by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at the University of Oxford.

Both The Times and The Sunday Times have landed some of the industry’s top awards for investigations, foreign reporting, magazine features and interviews. The Sunday Times won Sunday Newspaper of the Year at the Press Awards 2023 and The Times won Newspaper of the Year at the London Press Club Awards 2023.

HM Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit the offices of The Times Newspaper at Grays Inn Road, London to mark the paper’s bicentenary on February 28, 1985. Queen Elizabeth II was accompanied on her tour of the newspaper by proprietor Rupert Murdoch