In a unique partnership with The National Trust announced today The Brecon and Radnor Express office is to become the country’s first living newspaper museum.

Under the new deal with Tindle Newspapers, the Brecon town centre offices will be restored to their original 1889 condition with actors portraying the paper’s editor and staff.

Visitors will be able to enjoy a walk-through tour of the office and see how a newspaper was created in the late 1800s. The office based team will be led by the B&R’s oldest surviving journalist who has been tempted out of retirement for a temporary role as the Victorian paper’s editor.

Former journalist Albert Hack who this year celebrated his 108th birthday will be at the museum on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to give a unique insight into newspaper history.

“ I was repeatedly overlooked for the role of editor during my professional life,”

said Mr Hack, who was affectionately known locally as ‘Make it up Bertie’.

“It’ll be lovely to be back at my desk chatting to visitors about being a journalist.

“ I learned a lot over my long career and although I’ve been retired for almost 60 years, some things never change. My mantra has always been truth, accuracy and don’t believe everything you read online.

“ I always quote a Tweet by the great wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill who said, ‘just because it’s on Facebok doesn’t mean it’s true’.

The B&R deal is part of a package of sponsorship deals announced for the Brecon Beacons today, which will also see pen manufacturer Parker signing a sponsorship deal with the National Park authority to adopt its highest peak, which will from today be renamed Parker-Pen-y-Fan.