A Sunday newspaper is a current affairs publication issued on a Sunday. In the United Kingdom, eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally. Many daily newspapers now have Sunday editions, usually with a related name (e.g. The Times and The Sunday Times), but are editorially distinct.
The first Sunday paper was Elizabeth Johnson's British Gazette and Sunday Monitor,[1] which launched in 1779 and ceased publication on 22 September 1805.[2] It contained a summary of the week's news and a religious column.
The Observer was first published on 4 December 1791.
By the 1930s, "almost everyone" in the British population read a newspaper on Sundays.[3]
The Mail on Sunday launched in 1982. The Independent on Sunday launched in 1990.