A Book of Ours: Manchester’s “Homeless” Engage with our Manuscripts
The Library is working with the arts organisation arthur+martha to facilitate the making of an illuminated manuscript at the Booth CentreContinue Reading
Category: Guest post
How to Ask for a Residency
Rosie Garland writes: Since I wrote about the Power of Asking, I’ve been heartened by how many writers have toldContinue Reading
Heraldry for German Princes by a Prince amongst German Painters
Continuing the theme of our previous blog post, Dr Ben Pope of the University of Tübingen writes about his recentContinue Reading
A Comprehensive Variety: The Rylands Chinese Collections
From May 2018 to January 2019, Johannes Lotze worked on the library’s Chinese collections and produced a report covering theContinue Reading
‘What a bright beam we had cast into their lives’: Exploring the Papers of Priscilla Staples (Beecham) 1947–2018
Volunteer Anna Tomkinson writes about her work on the Priscilla Staples (Beecham) Papers: Priscilla Staples née Beecham (stage name RoseContinue Reading
From Wild West to West End: ‘Buffalo Bill’ Scrapbook and Performances of Frontier Manhood
Stevie Watson, a PhD student in English and American Studies at the University of Manchester, writes about our ‘Buffalo Bill’ Scrapbook, EnglishContinue Reading
The Delights of dsh (dom sylvester houédard)
Hello! My name is Fran Horner and I am a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying the MAContinue Reading