The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire discusses the Manchester Observer, Peterloo Massacre and their importance in the founding of the Manchester Guardian.
Category: Exhibitions
Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
The Manchester Guardian and the Irish Question: Evolution of Newspaper and Nation
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
“The world has a right to know what we are doing and how we are doing it.” -Manchester Civic Week
The Manchester Guardian’s Civic Week Number, 1926 “If it be asked why Manchester is holding a Civic Week, the answerContinue Reading
Welcome to the Family: getting to know the staff of the Manchester Guardian
Blog post by Karen Jacques – co curator of ‘Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian Newspaper’ I have theContinue Reading
Guardian Exhibition: Anniversaries: The Guardian newspaper through time and place
This anniversary blog, written by the Guardian Exhibition Curator Janette Martin, highlights objects from our bicentenary exhibition and from theContinue Reading
Celebrating 200 years of the Guardian Newspaper
Hello! Our names are Kirat and Victoria and we are Masters students on the Art Gallery and Museum Studies courseContinue Reading
The Rylands Brief, a new podcast series
In collaboration with the Centre for New Writing and the Creative Manchester project, for the last month or so IContinue Reading
A historian’s reflections on Seeing the Invisible: Medieval Hidden Heritage Revealed (John Rylands Library, 30 October 2019–8 March 2020)
Dr Joanne Edge, our Latin Manuscripts Cataloguer, writes: In October 2019, a uniquely important manuscript was loaned to the JohnContinue Reading
Subvisible Bodies: Medical Microscopy in the Rylands Gallery
An exciting new display in the Rylands Gallery showcases items from the University of Manchester Library’s medical collections alongside intriguingContinue Reading