What is International Times?
[[File:International times logo image.jpg|thumb|International times logo]] '''''International Times''''' ('''''it''''' or '''''IT''''') is the an English underground newspaper founded in [[London]] in 1966.The paper's logo is a black-and-white image of [[Theda Bara]], vampish star of silent films.Irish poet Niall McDevitt<ref>{{Cite web|last=Design 2021|first=Access by|title=Niall McDevitt|url=https://blakefest.co.uk/archive/artists/lineup-2017/niall-mcdevitt/|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Big Blake Project|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611060616/https://blakefest.co.uk/archive/artists/lineup-2017/niall-mcdevitt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> was first online editor succeeded ''by'' Heathcote Williams.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-02|title=Heathcote Williams, radical poet, playwright and actor, dies aged 75|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/02/heathcote-williams-radical-poet-playwright-actor-dies-aged-75|access-date=2021-06-11|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Current editor-in-chief is Nick Victor. Other editors are Elena Caldera, Claire Palmer, and David Erdos. == History == ''International Times'' was launched on 15 October 1966 at The Roundhouse.It was indication of social and cultural revolution<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-08-04|title=Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd- Lost In the Woods|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/sydbarrett.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2004-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804033745/http://www.furious.com/perfect/sydbarrett.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> that was parallel in the States.In April 1967, the police raided the offices of ''International Times.The paper continued to grow, with financial help from Paul McCartney.It became the leading British underground paper with circulation around 40,000 copies in 1969.'' == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1966 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:English-language newspapers]]