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Fake news about the dangers to Serbians from being outside during the 1999 solar eclipse resulted in the Government advising the country to stay indoors, according to new research. ...

Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. ...

Thousands of tributes left by the public to remember those killed or injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack will be preserved for the future, thanks to a grant made possible by National Lottery players, and with the involvement of Universit...

The University of Manchester has secured a National Lottery grant of £785,000 for ’NHS at 70: The Story of Our Lives’. The project will create the first shared social history of the National Health Service. ...

A BBC documentary revealing the life story of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst features expert insight from two University of Manchester academics. ...

A little-known medical aid society in South Wales inspired Aneurin Bevan to create the NHS, according to unique audio on a digital archive launched today, one month before the service’s seventieth anniversary. ...

Nicky Nielsen, University of Manchester It’s a great place to sit in the shade and enjoy a gelato. The base of the Flaminian Obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo on the northern end of Rome’s ancient quarter offers views of the twin churches of Santa ...

A University of Manchester historian is to highlight the untold experiences of children who were admitted to hospital in the early years of the NHS. ...

An innovative website which tells the story of Britain’s past through migration has been awarded a prestigious Royal Historical Society prize. ...

Archaeological evidence from an Egyptian excavation 200 miles east of the Libyan border has helped bust the fearsome reputation of one of the country’s most famous pharaohs. ...

Contrary to popular opinion, one of the most famous women in ancient history did not rule Egypt, according to a new book. ...

Bashar al-Assad, with his men. EPA/SANA By Rahaf Aldoughli, Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History To truly “belong” to Syria, you have to be masculine – especially in a time of war. And throughout the country’s catastrophic six-year conflic...

John Collier / Wikimedia Commons Sasha Handley, University of Manchester Most developed societies in the West are currently plagued by endemic sleep loss, falling well short of the eight hours recommended by the World Health Organisation. In p...

A scientist and historian from The University of Manchester has unearthed a document which throws light on a long-forgotten controversy in scientific publishing from the 1960s. ...

One hundred years after their deaths, The University of Manchester is holding a special event to commemorate the lives of 40 students killed in World War One who came from just one of the University’s halls of residence. ...

The Nansen passport: the innovative response to the refugee crisis that followed the Russian Revolution Russian refugees in Europe after the evacuation of Odessa, Ukraine, in 1919. Wikimedia Commmons ...

  Thanks to a National Lottery grant, the 70 year heritage of the National Health Service is to be preserved for future generations ...

Professor Penny Tinkler has jointly led a project to discover the stories behind Shirley Baker’s famous images of everyday life in Manchester and Salford during the slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

A historian from The University of Manchester has gone back in time to find out what we can learn from the Tudors about the quality of sleep. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have completed the very first biological analysis of ancient terracotta figurines found in Ghana, which were created by an unknown civilisation and have become iconic representations of prehistoric Africa...

On 30th November the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute will bring together academics, aid workers, policy-makers and activists to reflect on the recent attacks in Syria and debate what can be done next. Ahead of this event, HCRI Executive ...

The legendary scientist Albert Einstein’s first UK appearance is one of the remarkable moments recaptured in a new book detailing Manchester’s trailblazing history in science and industry. Dr James Sumner, a historian at The University of Manchest...

A freestyle skier who is hoping to make his debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea graduates from The University of Manchester today (20th July).  Peter Speight, 23, from Sheffield earnt his BA in history whilst training and competing ar...

When your head hits the pillow and you close your eyes after a long, hard day, it may seem like the most natural thing in the world, but did you know that simply falling sleep has a complex history? A new book Sleep in Early Modern England, by The...

A near 150 year old architectural mystery at one of the city’s most famous churches has finally been solved by academics at the University of Manchester who have digitised the Church’s archives. Built in 1871, the Church of The Holy Name of Jesus ...

Marie Stopes was a sexual-health maverick, internationally renowned botanist with an exemplary academic career as well as a pioneer for all female scientists and academics of the twentieth century. Yet ‘who was the real Marie Stopes?’ On Wednesday...

From the life and death of a Manchester-born First World War soldier and historian to discovering the city’s historic links with Italy and its early immigrant population, The University of Manchester is involved in a number of special events as part ...

A two year project to digitise Iranian newspapers charting the Western-backed 1953 coup d'état against Iran’s popularly supported government and the 1979 Revolution has been launched by The University of Manchester. The archive, a world first, is ...

University of Manchester Professor of Public History, Michael Wood returns to television screens in a new BBC2 series - The Story of China starting on Thursday 21 January at 9pm. Michael Wood has been a regular face on TV for over three decades an...

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...