Blogs
Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on our blogs.
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Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Caroline Hall
2 August 2021
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
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The John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
Jessica Smith
2 August 2021
John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
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Autographs and Amanuenses in the Mary Hamilton Papers
Christine Wallis
28 July 2021
How can we uncover the voices of the past? Christine Wallis delves into the world of 18th-century letters and their writers.
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The Story behind an Arabic Inscription in a Renaissance German Manuscript
Ben Pope
21 July 2021
Research Fellows Ben Pope and Jake Benson follow the trail of nineteenth-century antiquarian Robert Goff, who left an enigmatic trace of his collecting activity in a manuscript from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger.
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The Manchester Guardian and the Irish Question: Evolution of Newspaper and Nation
Caroline Hall
8 July 2021
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
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Magic lanterns and ‘magic’ imperialism
Brian Wallace
2 July 2021
Nineteenth-century imperial societies enjoyed self-aggrandising stories of their technology being mistaken for magic by African peoples. The library’s lantern slidesContinue Reading
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International Kelmscott Press Day: 26 June 2021
Julie Ramwell
26 June 2021
To celebrate International Kelmscott Press Day, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, takes a look at the Kelmscott Press publications in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
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“The world has a right to know what we are doing and how we are doing it.” -Manchester Civic Week
John McCrory
19 June 2021
The Manchester Guardian’s Civic Week Number, 1926 “If it be asked why Manchester is holding a Civic Week, the answerContinue Reading
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Finding faith in the urban archive
Kate Gibson
11 June 2021
Did urbanisation and industrialisation cause religious faith to decline in eighteenth-century England? Correspondence from the Nicholson family of Manchester merchants suggests otherwise.
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Welcome to the Family: getting to know the staff of the Manchester Guardian
Caroline Hall
4 June 2021
Blog post by Karen Jacques – co curator of ‘Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian Newspaper’ I have theContinue Reading
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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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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and a timeline of her life
aiucentre
29 June 2020
By Jo Manby Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (London: Picador, 1990). First published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1979. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was in my opinion, and that of many others across the world, one of the greatest writers in the English language. This post presents a timeline of this extraordinary woman’s […]
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