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.
Category: Guest post
Speak PROPER Renaissance Italian!
A Renaissance Man’s “Speaking Book” in Manchester’s Neo-Gothic Library
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 2)
The second of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 1)
The first of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
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
Cataloguing the Papers of L. P. Hartley: MA student placements at the Rylands
MA Student Placements at the Rylands
Adapting Tradition: Christmas at the Wood Street Mission
Christmas is always a special time of the year for the Wood Street Mission
Rylands Reflects: The Founder and the Fortune
The Rylands Reflects series will explore the history of the John Rylands Library, our collections, and our current practice as heritage professionals in the context of racism, colonisation and representation of marginalised groups. This is the second post of an ongoing series.
Revealing the Rylands: Making Sense of the Medieval
Through our social media channels, this week we are featuring images from our medieval European collections. Visitor Engagement Assistant Lee Brooks,Continue Reading
A Novice Archivist and the Papers of R. H. Wilenski
Hannah Smith, a student from the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, writes about her cataloguing placement at the JohnContinue Reading