“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
Category: Series
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
Introducing the ePADD+ Project
ePADD+, a collaborative project between Harvard University, Stanford University and The University of Manchester.
Dante in Manchester: Celebrating the ‘anno dantesco’
2021 is the ‘anno dantesco’, commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. To mark the start of our celebrations here in Manchester, Dr Guyda Armstrong of the Italian Department writes about the new collection of manuscripts and early printed editions from the Rylands which we’ve made available in Manchester Digital Collections.
The Singing Detective: Dating broadside ballads during lockdown (Part 2)
This is the second of two blogs by Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, providing an insight into the difficulties of dating 19th century broadside ballads.
The Singing Detective: Dating broadside ballads during lockdown (Part 1)
In the first of two blogs, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, provides an insight into the difficulties of dating 19th century broadside ballads.
Palladium: a new project begins at the Rylands
The Palladium Project gets underway at the Rylands.
Rylands Reflects: Representation Matters
Representation Matters, Angel Cossigny talks about her quest to find intersectional figures in our collections.
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.