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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/The_Sphere" title="The Sphere">The Sphere</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg/220px-Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg/330px-Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Dya_mar14_sphere1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>An edition of <i>The Sphere</i> from 1914.</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home</b></i> and, later, <i><b>The Sphere: The Empire's Illustrated Weekly</b></i>, was a British newspaper, published by London Illustrated Newspapers weekly from 27 January 1900 until the closure of the paper on 27 June 1964. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sphere_(newspaper)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first issue came out at the height of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Boer War</a> and was a product of that conflict and the public appetite for images. At the time, it was in direct competition with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Graphic" title="The Graphic">The Graphic</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Illustrated_London_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Illustrated London News">Illustrated London News</a></i>, and evidence of this rivalry can be seen in the latter's publication shortly after of a new illustrated paper entitled <i>The Spear</i> in an attempt to confuse readers. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the weekly issues were called 'war numbers' and over two hundred appeared between 1914 and 1919. In all, it totalled 3,343 issues, plus a special supplement issued in January 1965, entitled <i>Winston Churchill: A Memorial Tribute</i>. </p><p><i>The Sphere</i> was founded by <a href="/wiki/Clement_King_Shorter" class="mw-redirect" title="Clement King Shorter">Clement Shorter</a> (1857–1926), who also founded <i><a href="/wiki/Tatler_(1901)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tatler (1901)">Tatler</a></i> in the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It covered general news stories from the UK and around the world; much of the overseas news features were reported in detail as the title was targeted at British citizens living in the <a href="/wiki/Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonies">colonies</a>. </p><p>It was similar to the <i><a href="/wiki/Illustrated_London_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Illustrated London News">Illustrated London News</a></i>, another paper containing many graphic illustrations. Those featured in <i>The Sphere</i> were by renowned artists including W. G. Whitaker and <a href="/wiki/Montague_Dawson" title="Montague Dawson">Montague Dawson</a>. Other illustrators included <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Paget" title="Sidney Paget">Sidney Paget</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Matthew_Brock" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Matthew Brock">Henry Matthew Brock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fortunino_Matania" title="Fortunino Matania">Fortunino Matania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Prater" title="Ernest Prater">Ernest Prater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Blampied" title="Edmund Blampied">Edmund Blampied</a>, Victor Coverley-Price and Claude Grahame Muncaster (1903–1974); photographers included <a href="/wiki/Christina_Broom" title="Christina Broom">Christina Broom</a> (1862–1939); and writers included <a href="/wiki/Bryher_(novelist)" title="Bryher (novelist)">Bryher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eleanour_Sinclair_Rohde" title="Eleanour Sinclair Rohde">Eleanour Sinclair Rohde</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wolff_(journalist)" title="Michael Wolff (journalist)">Michael Wolff</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Balkans war heroine Dr <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Matthews_(doctor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline Matthews (doctor)">Caroline Matthews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardy" title="Thomas Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a>'s short story <i>A Changed Man</i> was first published in <i>The Sphere</i>, in two instalments in the 21 and 28 April 1900 editions. During World War I the newspaper was bought by the shipping magnate <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Ellerman,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Ellerman, 2nd Baronet">John Ellerman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Sphere</i> was very popular during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland" title="National Library of Scotland">National Library of Scotland</a> hold copies of the entire publication run of this newspaper. <i>The Sphere</i> is searchable on the <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sphere_(newspaper)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the film <i><a href="/wiki/Three_Faces_East_(1930_film)" title="Three Faces East (1930 film)">Three Faces East</a></i> (1930), set in England during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">WWI</a>, Frances Hawtree (<a href="/wiki/Constance_Bennett" title="Constance Bennett">Constance Bennett</a>) peruses a copy of <i>The Sphere</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sphere_(newspaper)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Caroline Zilboorg, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36076">‘Shorter, Clement King (1857–1926)’</a>, <i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</i>, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 1 Jan 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/ODNB" class="mw-redirect" title="ODNB">ODNB</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Obituary - Dr. Caroline Matthews". <i>The British Medical Journal</i>. 30 April 1927. p. 819.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+British+Medical+Journal&rft.atitle=Obituary+-+Dr.+Caroline+Matthews&rft.pages=819&rft.date=1927-04-30&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Sphere+%28newspaper%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">W. 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<li><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(1788)" title="The Star (1788)">The Star</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1788–1831)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(1792%E2%80%931876)" title="The Sun (1792–1876)">The Sun</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1792–1876)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(1888)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Star (1888)">The Star</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1888–1960)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(1893%E2%80%931906)" title="The Sun (1893–1906)">The Sun</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1893–1906)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Sun_(London_newspaper)" title="True Sun (London newspaper)">True Sun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Westminster_Gazette" title="The Westminster Gazette">The Westminster Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Evening_Post" title="Whitehall Evening Post">Whitehall Evening Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.75em;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.2em;">Dailies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;font-style:italic"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Evening_Despatch" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Evening Despatch">Birmingham Evening Despatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Mercury_(newspaper)" title="Bristol Mercury (newspaper)">Bristol Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Evening_World&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bristol Evening World (page does not exist)">Bristol Evening World</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burnley_Evening_Star&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burnley Evening Star (page does not exist)">Burnley Evening Star</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chatham_Evening_Post&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chatham Evening Post (page does not exist)">Chatham Evening Post</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chelmsford_Evening_Herald&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chelmsford Evening Herald (page does not exist)">Chelmsford Evening Herald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daily_Post_(London_newspaper)" title="Daily Post (London newspaper)">Daily Post</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_Evening_Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darlington Evening Dispatch (page does not exist)">Darlington Evening Dispatch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doncaster_Evening_Post&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doncaster Evening Post (page does not exist)">Doncaster Evening Post</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edinburgh_Evening_Dispatch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edinburgh Evening Dispatch (page does not exist)">Edinburgh Evening Dispatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evening_Citizen" title="Evening Citizen">Evening Citizen (Glasgow)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hereford_Evening_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hereford Evening News (page does not exist)">Hereford Evening News</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huddersfield_Daily_Chronicle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huddersfield Daily Chronicle (page does not exist)">Huddersfield Daily Chronicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Morning_News" title="Eastern Morning News">Eastern Morning News (Hull)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Evening_News" title="Glasgow Evening News">Glasgow Evening News</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jewish_Post_and_Gazette&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jewish Post and Gazette (page does not exist)">Jewish Post and Gazette (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jewish_Times&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jewish Times (page does not exist)">Jewish Times (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Today&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kent Today (page does not exist)">Kent Today</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leicester_Daily_Post&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leicester Daily Post (page does not exist)">Leicester Daily Post</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leicester_Evening_Mail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leicester Evening Mail (page does not exist)">Leicester Evening Mail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Courier" title="Liverpool Courier">Liverpool Courier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Daily_Post" title="Liverpool Daily Post">Liverpool Daily Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Evening_Express" title="Liverpool Evening Express">Liverpool Evening Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Mercury" title="Liverpool Mercury">Liverpool Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Daily_News" title="London Daily News">London Daily News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_London_Paper" title="The London Paper">The London Paper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luton_Evening_Post&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luton Evening Post (page does not exist)">Luton Evening Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_Chronicle" title="Manchester Evening Chronicle">Manchester Evening Chronicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Whig" title="Northern Whig">Northern Whig (Belfast)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Daily_Express" title="Nottingham Daily Express">Nottingham Daily Express</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nottingham_Evening_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nottingham Evening News (page does not exist)">Nottingham Evening News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Journal" title="Nottingham Journal">Nottingham Journal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Mercury" title="Nottingham Mercury">Nottingham Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nottingham_Review&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nottingham Review (page does not exist)">Nottingham Review</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shields_Evening_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shields Evening News (page does not exist)">Shields Evening News</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Daily_Mail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Daily Mail (page does not exist)">Southern Daily Mail (Portsmouth)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slough_Evening_Mail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slough Evening Mail (page does not exist)">Slough Evening Mail</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surrey_Daily_Advertiser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Surrey Daily Advertiser (page does not exist)">Surrey Daily Advertiser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watford_Evening_Echo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watford Evening Echo (page does not exist)">Watford Evening Echo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yorkshire_Evening_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yorkshire Evening News 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href="/w/index.php?title=Yorkshire_on_Sunday&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yorkshire on Sunday (page does not exist)">Yorkshire on Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Atlas_(newspaper)" title="The Atlas (newspaper)">The Atlas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.75em;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.2em;">Weeklies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;font-style:italic"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Herald" title="Brighton Herald">Brighton Herald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Mercury" title="Leeds Mercury">Leeds Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trewman%27s_Exeter_Flying_Post" title="Trewman's Exeter Flying Post">Trewman's Exeter Flying Post</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/British_Journal" title="British Journal">British Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Mercury" title="Caledonian Mercury">Caledonian Mercury</a></i> (thrice weekly)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Evening_Courant" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Evening Courant">Edinburgh Evening Courant</a></i> (thrice weekly)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(newspaper)" title="The New Day (newspaper)">The New Day</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Daily_News" title="Scottish Daily News">Scottish Daily News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Leader&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scottish Leader (page does not exist)">Scottish Leader</a></i> (daily)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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