An exploration of scribal news, which played a major part in the topical reporting of political developments in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries Evaluates its significance, which has long been overshadowed by the seemingly inevitable rise of print media Builds on recent research that critiqued assumptions about the superiority of print Seeks to explore the relationship between manuscript news and politics in Britain from c. 1660-1760 in more detail and on a broad scale