Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.
Visiting Early Career research Fellow, Dr Ana Dias, explores the Rylands Visigothic Manuscripts.
A short story about a house, a series of books, a fabulously named organization and a serendipitous find in the stacks.
Catherine Smith, Reader Services Assistant, writes: As well as looking after our readers in the Reading Rooms either in personContinue Reading
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr James Watts, explores the map collection of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS).
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.
Research in the Carcanet Email Archive
Dr Hannah Yip is a Visiting Early Career Research Fellow for 2020/21. Her project, ‘The Clergy and Artistic Recreation inContinue Reading
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
John Ruskin letters launch on MDC