University of Manchester - Archive (John-Rylands-Library)
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2023
13
September
2023
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11:49
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Opening at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on 20 September 2023, the ‘Founders and Funders: Slavery and the building of a University’ exhibition explores how profits from slave trading, ownership of enslaved people, and manufacturing ...
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28
June
2023
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15:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library (Rylands) is set to enrich and transform the researcher and visitor experience, thanks to the John Rylands Next Chapter project, a £7.6 million capital investment....
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17
January
2023
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11:33
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Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...
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2022
31
October
2022
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16:54
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Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...
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31
October
2022
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16:49
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Manchester has long been renowned for its rich musical history and nightlife, commonly regarded as a clubbing capital of the world and once home of the legendary Haçienda club. It was during his time DJ’ing at The Haçienda club that Graeme Park becam...
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03
October
2022
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10:00
Europe/London
Please join us on 8th November from 6-7.30pm in the John Rylands Library for Helen Holmes and Nick Crossley’s (Sociology) event on Rave Renaissance with DJ Graeme Park.Tickets are available here.Manchester is renowned not just for its rich musical hi...
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06
April
2022
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08:00
Europe/London
The British Pop Archive (BPA), a national collection dedicated to the preservation and research of popular culture, is set to open at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute and Library....
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2021
14
July
2021
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11:02
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The University of Manchester is a proud Silver Supporter of the Manchester International Festival, as such we are working collaboratively on a number of flagship events as part of MIF21. Both students and academics are involved in the Festival, which...
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2020
03
February
2020
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14:17
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On Saturday, 8 and Sunday, 9 February, the first floor of The John Rylands Library will be closed to the public. Please bear this in mind if you’re planning to visit.
Our current exhibition, Seeing the Invisible, and the Rylands Gallery will be cl...
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2019
24
May
2019
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15:35
Europe/London
The John Rylands Library, Manchester, is holding a special event ‘The Aldine Edition of the Ancient Greek Epistolographers: Roots and Legacy’, shining a spotlight on the collections of ancient Greek epistolographers included in the Aldine.
Organis...
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2017
04
September
2017
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10:30
Europe/London
A monk who shattered the strength of the Catholic Church, a monarch who wanted to take more than one wife, a society that put sin up for sale – and the power of the printed word to challenge it all. The Reformation, the latest exhibition at The John ...
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2016
25
August
2016
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14:41
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One of the North’s great unsung anti-heroes is to get the wider recognition he deserves in a major new exhibition opening on Thursday 8 September at Manchester's John Rylands Library.
Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground showca...
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24
March
2016
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09:00
Europe/London
University reunites son with 'lost' images of his fatherThe footage captures key moments of the rescue from Dunkirk of over 300,000 British and allied troops
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20
January
2016
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17:12
Europe/London
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. ‘Magic, Witches & Devils in the Early Modern World’ invites you to explore how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and quee...
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2015
11
November
2015
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09:00
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On the 150th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Gaskell (12 November 1865), a long-held mystery surrounding the true identity of a silhouette suspected to be of the Victorian novelist has been solved.
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21
July
2015
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19:00
Europe/London
The only known complete handwritten manuscript of one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels will feature in the world’s largest online collection of her works which went live this week – giving the public free unlimited access to it for the first time
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21
May
2015
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09:30
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Unique and historically significant films shot 75 years ago, during the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in 1940, have been discovered at The University of Manchester Library.The reels of black and white footage capture key moments during Ope...
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23
April
2015
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10:00
Europe/London
With less than 3 weeks to go before the General Election, The University of Manchester Library’s John Rylands Library is highlighting a handful of 19th century satirical prints dating from the 1874 general election.
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13
February
2015
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07:00
Europe/London
A new chaotic poem about love, created by Twitter followers, is on display from today (Friday 13 February) at The John Rylands Library in central Manchester.
This Is (Not) A Love Poem is the result of a Twitter-led project to create a new chaotic ...
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29
January
2015
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09:21
Europe/London
An exhibition featuring the first publisher to be credited with making literature affordable to the masses is being launched today (29 January) at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library.
To coincide with the 500th anniversary of the d...
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2014
03
December
2014
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10:00
Europe/London
A unique 17th century map of Lancashire recently found in The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library has been placed on public display for the first time.
This cartographic treasure, hand drawn by the Elizabethan Herald William Smith, is ...
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11
November
2014
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09:54
Europe/London
Guy Garvey, lead singer of acclaimed band Elbow, visited The John Rylands Library to make recordings for his radio show.
The recordings featured in his BBC Radio 6 show Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour – Library Special, as part of 6 Music Celebrates Libr...
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05
November
2014
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09:00
Europe/London
A manuscript predating the Magna Carta is to be seen, in full, online, by the public for the first time thanks to a project involving digital experts at The University of Manchester working in partnership with Rochester Cathedral.
The Textus Roffe...
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14
October
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
Bringing together world class expertise to reveal the riches of the Rylands.
The John Rylands Research Institute officially launched last night, bringing together the world class expertise from the Faculty of Humanities and The University of Manch...
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25
September
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
The John Rylands Library is one of six venues in Manchester showcasing over 30 exceptional Chinese contemporary artists from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Harmonious Society, which launched this week, is a major exhibition showcasing conte...
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03
September
2014
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01:00
Europe/London
A 1,500 year old papyrus fragment found in The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library has been identified as one the world’s earliest surviving Christian charms.
The remarkable document uniquely contains some of the earliest documented re...
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2013
09
July
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
Academics at The University of Manchester and Bristol are marking the 700th birthday of one of the medieval world’s greatest writers, credited with establishing the European storytelling traditions we know today.
Italian Giovanni Boccaccio, author...
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22
May
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
A three-year project to digitise the tens of thousands of documents produced by one of the most important and prolific Christian thinkers of the past 200 years has been launched.
John Henry Cardinal Newman's enormous handwritten archive, kept at t...
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27
February
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
A 165-year-old envelope addressed to one of the Victorian era’s greatest writers has been reunited with its letter, unexpectedly discovered by an American academic.
The items, dated 8 November 1848 and penned by another influential Victorian figur...
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