Our blogs
Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Library and the John Rylands Research Institute on our blogs.
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Women who Shaped Manchester: The Magical Annie Horniman
aanderton
19 October 2018
As we are approaching Halloween, it is appropriate to concentrate a blog on one of our most flamboyant Manchester women, …Continue reading →
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Touching the past: Using letters and printed works to reconstruct literary communities and study the spread of ideas
Sarah May
18 October 2018
The post Touching the past: Using letters and printed works to reconstruct literary communities and study the spread of ideas appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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Touching the Past: Using Letters and Printed Works to Reconstruct Literary Communities and Study the Spread of Ideas
juliannesimpson
17 October 2018
Originally posted on COMMUNITIES OF PRINT: In 1545, Ludovico Domenichi published with Gabriel Giolito in Venice an anthology of Italian poems under…
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What are Little Poetry Magazines?
John Hodgson
10 October 2018
Bruce Wilkinson, John Rylands Research Institute researcher, writes: The Dave Cunliffe Archive contains a superb collection of hundreds of British …Continue reading →
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Project spotlight: Lives and Afterlives of Letters Network
Sarah May
10 October 2018
The post Project spotlight: Lives and Afterlives of Letters Network appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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BAME and British: A pop up exhibition at Brilliant and BAME, BHM 2018 Celebrations
jassthethi
4 October 2018
The theme for the 2018 Black History Month University of Manchester Celebrations was BAME and British. This excellent celebratory display …Continue reading →
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Early Career Research Fellow: Elizabeth Spencer
Sarah May
3 October 2018
The post Early Career Research Fellow: Elizabeth Spencer appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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Archives and Inclusivity: Exhibitions for All
jassthethi
1 October 2018
This blog post is the third, and last, in a series of blog posts where I discuss the importance of …Continue reading →
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A Beautiful Happening: The Dave Cunliffe Archive
John Hodgson
28 September 2018
The Dave Cunliffe archive contains material from his BB Books small press and it’s important to note that from 1963 …Continue reading →
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Collection Encounter: Oppression to Expression
jassthethi
26 September 2018
The John Rylands Library and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre collaborated to create a very successful collection …Continue reading →
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