The Ham & High, officially the Hampstead & Highgate Express[2] is a weekly paid newspaper published in the London Borough of Camden by Archant.

Hampstead & Highgate Express
Front cover on 6 May 2021
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Archant
Founded1860; 164 years ago (1860)
Circulation3,944 (as of 2021)[1]
ISSN1366-9192
Websitewww.hamhigh.co.uk

The newspaper is priced at £1 and is published every Thursday.[3]

History edit

Founded 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

  1. ^ Ham & High Express circulation certificate (PDF) (Report). Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Masthead". Hampstead & Highgate Express. 20 January 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Front page". Ham & High. 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ Denford, Steven (2009). The Hampstead Book: The A-Z of its history and people. Historical Publications. pp. 47–8. ISBN 9781905286331.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.

External links edit

Official website