Are we less well-informed than our 19th century counterparts? / Press Gazette, 7 Aug 2006

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Nigel Green
"Like most journalists nowadays, I pride myself on being armed with the latest technology — mobile phones and laptops able to download facts and figures from the four corners of the world, or send information in an instant. But when I delved through dusty old newspapers to research my book on Victorian criminals, I was surprised at how our professional predecessors were able to find out so much, so quickly." [Society; Police; Data Protection]