New teaching resource on the creative process of poet John Gallas
A New Creative Writing teaching resource from the Rylands.
Latest Posts
An accrual to the Jeff Nuttall Collections
Newly acquired collection announcement.
The Golden Tango: Ernest Wilson’s Life in Music
Researched and written by Bruce Wilkinson and Dave Goulding Donated to the John Rylands Library Special Collections in September 2019,Continue Reading
Demanding the Impossible: Jeff Nuttall, Alexander Trocchi and the Situationist International
This is the second in a series of blogs outlining my research on Jeff Nuttall with a particular (but notContinue Reading
A Christmas Card Conundrum
In this festive post Jane Donaldson reports on a Christmas mystery at the Rylands…
From 2D to 3D – Photogrammetry Part 2
Investigating 3D imaging of our Special Collections.
New Collection Announcement: ‘Images of Hulme in the 80s and 90s’
Photographs depicting Hulme; the people, buildings and landscape, taken by Richard Davis.
Adapting Tradition: Christmas at the Wood Street Mission
Christmas is always a special time of the year for the Wood Street Mission
Rylands Reflects: Our Man in Havana
This post considers how Enriqueta Ryland’s father and his British compatriots were complicit in the oppression of enslaved people in Cuba.
New Digital Collection: Broadside Ballads
A selection of 18th and 19th century broadside ballads and slip-songs is now available on Manchester Digital Collections.