Volunteer voices: Heather Richards on Norman Shrapnel
One of our volunteers, Heather Richards, talks about her experience at the Rylands and working with the Norman Shrapnel archive
One of our volunteers, Heather Richards, talks about her experience at the Rylands and working with the Norman Shrapnel archive
Guest post by postgraduate students, Fatima Shaban and Owen Mills, whose project centres on the Patrick J Monkhouse correspondence inContinue Reading
Sophia Louise Lee discusses journalist and broadcaster Norman Shrapnel’s reflections on nostalgia in his ‘London Letters’
After the Irish home rule debates in the 1880s the Manchester Guardian and its editor, C. P. Scott, emerged asContinue Reading
Jane Donaldson explores the relationship between the Guardian newspaper and the early years of cycling.
Ian Graham from our Reader Services team discusses the impact of Harry “Donny” Davies, ‘An Old International’ through correspondences from the Manchester Guardian.
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.
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’s Civic Week Number, 1926 “If it be asked why Manchester is holding a Civic Week, the answerContinue Reading
David Goulding in our Reader Services team writes: I am fortunate enough to have two jobs at the University ofContinue Reading