The Ham & High, officially the Hampstead & Highgate Express,[2] is a weekly paid newspaper published in the London Borough of Camden by Archant. It covers the north London areas of Hampstead and Highgate.
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Archant |
Founded | 1860 |
Circulation | 3,944 (as of 2021)[1] |
ISSN | 1366-9192 |
Website | www |
The newspaper is priced at £1 and is published every Thursday.[3]
History
editFounded in 1860, from 1862-97 it was under the editorship of George Jealous and printed at Hampstead's only printers, Holly Mount, a former chapel. Despite being founded on principles of independence, it was sold to Archant in 2000.[4]
In early 2018, Archant shut down the Ham & High's Finchley Road office, in favour of relocating them to east London.[5] Later, in June, Archant announced it would be merging all north London news teams, resulting in the Ham & High no longer having a dedicated editor, to the dismay of former editors.[6]
References
edit- ^ Ham & High Express circulation certificate (PDF) (Report). Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Masthead". Hampstead & Highgate Express. 20 January 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Front page". Ham & High. 29 April 2021.
- ^ Denford, Steven (2009). The Hampstead Book: The A-Z of its history and people. Historical Publications. pp. 47–8. ISBN 9781905286331.
- ^ Mayhew, Freddy (14 February 2018). "Ham & High set to leave Islington as Archant moves north London staff to Barking". Press Gazette. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Mayhew, Freddy (4 June 2018). "Archant merges north London news teams leaving historic Ham and High newspaper without its own editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 18 October 2022.