Hold Ye Front Page
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Hold Ye
Front Page is an educational project published by The Sun
newspaper. It comprises a website, http://www.holdyefrontpage.co.uk/ www.holdyefrontpage.co.uk, in which significant events in world history and in the histories of science and sport are described by "mocked-up" Sun front pages accompanied by explanatory articles and pictures.
The format is based on four books published by The Sun: Hold Ye Front Page (1999), Hold Ye Front Page II (2000), Giant Leaps (2006) and On Me 'Eadline (2007).
The first book, Hold Ye Front Page, was a UK best-seller, published to commemorate the Millennium
and documented the history of the last two millennia. It won a British Press Award in 2000 from judges who praised its educational content, wit and self-parody. Its sequel detailed history from the Big Bang
to the Birth of Christ
. Giant Leaps charted the history of science. On Me 'Eadline did the same with sport.
Material from the books was updated and combined with new documentary video footage before being placed online on the Hold Ye Front Page website, which launched in September 2011. It was praised by a number of academics including the particle physicist Professor Brian Cox, from the nuclear research facility CERN, who described it as a "superb" learning tool.
Examples of pages on the site, and from the first book, include:
Thorn (letter)
Thorn or þorn , is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic alphabets, as well as some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th. The letter originated from the rune in the Elder Fuþark, called thorn in the...
Front Page is an educational project published by The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper. It comprises a website, http://www.holdyefrontpage.co.uk/ www.holdyefrontpage.co.uk, in which significant events in world history and in the histories of science and sport are described by "mocked-up" Sun front pages accompanied by explanatory articles and pictures.
The format is based on four books published by The Sun: Hold Ye Front Page (1999), Hold Ye Front Page II (2000), Giant Leaps (2006) and On Me 'Eadline (2007).
The first book, Hold Ye Front Page, was a UK best-seller, published to commemorate the Millennium
Millennium
A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....
and documented the history of the last two millennia. It won a British Press Award in 2000 from judges who praised its educational content, wit and self-parody. Its sequel detailed history from the Big Bang
Big Bang
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that explains the early development of the Universe. According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the young Universe to cool and resulted in...
to the Birth of Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
. Giant Leaps charted the history of science. On Me 'Eadline did the same with sport.
Material from the books was updated and combined with new documentary video footage before being placed online on the Hold Ye Front Page website, which launched in September 2011. It was praised by a number of academics including the particle physicist Professor Brian Cox, from the nuclear research facility CERN, who described it as a "superb" learning tool.
Examples of pages on the site, and from the first book, include:
- "Send 'Em Rome: Brave Brit Warriors ready to hammer lousy legions" – The Roman invasion of Britain
- "You Canute Be Serious!" – King Canute tries to stop the Waves
- "Stormin' Normans" – Norman Invasion
- "3 Lions On His Tunic: Ruthless Rizza Mauls Heathens" – Richard the Lion Heart
- "The Joy Of Six" – Henry VIIIHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
- "The Bigger They Come The Armada They Fall" – The Spanish ArmadaSpanish ArmadaThis article refers to the Battle of Gravelines, for the modern navy of Spain, see Spanish NavyThe Spanish Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England to stop English...
- "The French Are Revolting" – The French RevolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
- "Napoleon Blown Apart" – Napoleon Bonaparte
- "Monkey Nutter" – Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
- "Nazi Piece of Work" – Hitler becomes Chancellor of GermanyChancellor of GermanyThe Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
- "Monet For Old Rope" – Impressionist PaintingImpressionismImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...