Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/ Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008. Good for coverage of social, political and cultural events.
From 1853 see the review of Dickens Bleak House which criticises the author for ‘indulging in stale and commonplace satire’
On a more serious note – comment on the force feeding of suffragettes from 1913
There is also coverage of elections and prime ministers from 1830 onwards. See this topic of the day on the rotten boroughs from 1830
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