The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
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.
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Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
“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
The Manchester Guardian Index: An Unexpected Find
David Goulding in our Reader Services team writes: I am fortunate enough to have two jobs at the University ofContinue Reading
Cataloguing the First World War Correspondence of the Manchester Guardian
Lucy-Kay Brownson, a student on Liverpool University’s Master of Archives and Records Management course, writes: In January 2019, as partContinue Reading
Mary Jane Clarke, an Unsung Hero
Our current exhibition is celebrating some of the ‘Women Who Shaped Manchester’ and it will run until the 10th ofContinue Reading
What The Papers Said – the Editorial Correspondence of C.P. Scott in the Guardian Archive
I have now come to the final week of work on the Guardian Archive. C.P. Scott’s editorial correspondence series hasContinue Reading
Volunteer Projects on the Guardian Archive
As the most recent cataloguing project on the Guardian archive draws to a close, our project volunteers, Jane Donaldson andContinue Reading
The Suffragettes Incarcerated
Jane Donaldson writes: Working through the letters from the Pankhurst family to C.P. Scott in the Guardian archives, I haveContinue Reading
The Sons of C.P. Scott, and The Scott Trust
This month’s blog post focuses upon Edward Taylor Scott, and John Russell Scott, sons of C.P. Scott, both of whomContinue Reading