Blogs
Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Library on our blogs.
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An Undiscoverable Secret? The Afterlives of Thomas J. Wise’s Forgeries
Elizabeth Gow
16 October 2026
In the final blog post of this series, PhD student Ellesse Patterson reveals how Thomas J. Wise’s pirating of RobertContinue Reading
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The Dead Tell No Tales: The Afterlives of Thomas J. Wise’s Forgeries
Elizabeth Gow
9 October 2026
In the second of three posts, PhD student Ellesse Patterson reveals the impact of Thomas J. Wise’s forgeries on theContinue Reading
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Voices from the Archives: Readers’ unpublished letters on The Traffic in Irish Horses from The Manchester Guardian Archive
Sean Young
17 September 2026
A guest blog by Timothée Dereuder While researching how the slaughter of horses for human consumption became a major public issueContinue Reading
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“The Moriarty of the Book World”: Thomas J. Wise at The John Rylands Library
Elizabeth Gow
1 September 2026
PhD student Ellesse Patterson reflects on the relationship between The John Rylands Library and one of Britain’s most notorious literaryContinue Reading
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Faith in a warzone: Missionary correspondence in 1940s China
Tereza Ward
25 August 2026
By Emma Farnworth, University of Manchester MA in Library and Archives Student
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Manchester’s Global Connections Past and Present: Co-Creating Knowledge Through Collection Encounters
Julia Rouillard
18 August 2026
Dr Josephine Tierney reflects on how a conversation at one of the library’s Collection Encounters led to an exciting discovery,Continue Reading
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A Peterloo Scrapbook
Sean Young
14 August 2026
Blog post by Sergio Alonso Mislata, Rare Print Metadata Specialist at The University of Manchester Library. The main resource referencedContinue Reading
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Snapshots from Sinai: James Rendel Harris and the Search for Manuscripts
Julia Rouillard
29 July 2026
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. This is the second blog in a series. MyContinue Reading
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“Abundantly justified”: Glass plate photography at The John Rylands Library
jwrobinson
21 July 2026
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. In May I finished a 20-day placement with theContinue Reading
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‘We are just ordinary people who believe the Bible, and have found in the Christian faith something real’: the intriguing story of Parkhill Chapel
angelapetyt
30 June 2026
Reader Services Assistant Angela Petyt-Whittaker writes about exploring the history and significance of a Brethren chapel’s archive.
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This blog is not being updated…
aiucentre
7 September 2021
but you can read more about our collections and activities on the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust website blog: https://www.racearchive.org.uk/blog/ You’ll still be able to read previous posts here, so feel free to explore our back catalogue!
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Artist in Residence: Rebecca Hurst
Kat Lowe
21 October 2020
The post Artist in Residence: Rebecca Hurst appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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Student spotlight: Alexander Hurlow
Kat Lowe
9 September 2020
The post Student spotlight: Alexander Hurlow appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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ECR Spotlight: Catherine Evans
Kat Lowe
7 August 2020
The post ECR Spotlight: Catherine Evans appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library
Kat Lowe
6 July 2020
The post Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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