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.
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
Nineteenth-century imperial societies enjoyed self-aggrandising stories of their technology being mistaken for magic by African peoples. The library’s lantern slidesContinue Reading
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.
The Manchester Guardian’s Civic Week Number, 1926 “If it be asked why Manchester is holding a Civic Week, the answerContinue Reading
Did urbanisation and industrialisation cause religious faith to decline in eighteenth-century England? Correspondence from the Nicholson family of Manchester merchants suggests otherwise.
Blog post by Karen Jacques – co curator of ‘Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian Newspaper’ I have theContinue Reading
Today marks the birthday of the founder of the John Rylands Library, Enriqueta Augustina Rylands née Tennant. Enriqueta and herContinue Reading
An update on the Palladium project.
A Renaissance Man’s “Speaking Book” in Manchester’s Neo-Gothic Library