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Anniversaries: The Guardian newspaper through time and place

This anniversary blog highlights objects from our bicentenary exhibition and from the wider Guardian (formerly Manchester Guardian) Archive…

Apr 27, 2021

Black and white image featuring three men, one seated holding the Manchester Guardian centenary paper, 1821–1921. Features the names of gneeral printers Lomas, Speight and Dale.

Apr 27, 2021

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Zines and Little Magazines: the art of DIY publishing

Guest post by Bruce Wilkinson that brings the history of the book into the twentieth century with a fascinating look at the zines, little…

May 31

Hand written title ‘Heywire’. Black and white save for a cut out of a man wearing a yellow coat and peaked cap. Image of a building with clock tower. All images have been cut out, pasted on and then photocopied. price 30 p

May 31

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Cotton manufacture, enslavement and the University of Manchester: a collection encounter linked to…

This guest blog discusses activity linked to the Founders and Funders exhibition hosted by the John Rylands Library and is co-hosted by the…

Mar 19

a man and a woman examining books and historical artefacts on a table

Mar 19

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Mayor John Lindsay and the New York Teachers Strike of 1968

Written by Olivia Howe

Feb 16

Typed statement from the office of the New York Major, stating that John V Lindsay, the Mayor is pleased that the school strike has ended

Feb 16

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Paul Robeson in Manchester

Written by Anya Carr

Feb 16

Smiling very tall man wearing a suit and carrying a newspaper. To his right and half cropped from the photograph is a woman smiling and looking upwards towards him

Feb 16

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Racial Discrimination in America’s Construction Trade Unions

Written by Elizabeth Owens

Feb 16

Feb 16

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James Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937): Labour’s First Prime Minister

On the 22 January 2024 it will be exactly a hundred years since the United Kingdom’s first short-lived Labour Government.

Jan 26

Orange party political poster which depicts a smiling man in a flat cap smoking a pipe. The text describes improvements to pensions and housing and unemployment benefits

Jan 26

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Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937): 1st Labour Prime Minister

The 22 January 2024 marks exactly a hundred years since the United Kingdom’s first short-lived Labour Government. What follows is a brief…

Jan 4

pencil sketch portrait of Ramsay MacDonald wearing a tie and formal dress

Jan 4

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Writing for the public: 10 tips for better prose.

If you want your writing to have impact think about your audience. Writing for the public is very different than writing scholarly essays…

Oct 29, 2023

Hand holding a pen over a blank note book

Oct 29, 2023

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A Rock ’n’ Roll Revolution: Music and the Counterculture

Guest post by Findlay Stronach, Second Year Student, BA History and American Studies at the University of Manchester

Jun 26, 2023

Front cover of a zine with a silhouette of a long haired woman

Jun 26, 2023

Dr Janette Martin

Dr Janette Martin

Research and Learning Manager (Special Collections) interested in developing online learning resources drawn from the spectacular collections held at the UoM

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