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The playboy and James Bond – Q&A with author Claire Hines

1. What book in this field has inspired you the most? In the area of James Bond studies two key books immediately come to mind....Read More

Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935)

By Olivia Rye, Publishing Support Assistant   ‘’A woman who has done good work in the scholastic world doesn’t like to be called a good woman...Read More

Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of the world’s first university

By Humairaa, Production Assistant   [caption id="attachment_4856" align="alignleft" width="225"] University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco.[/caption] Over 1000 years ago, amongst a migrant community in the western...Read More

Hannah Mitchell

By Danielle Shepherd, Editorial Controller   It is often said of the British suffrage movement that it was a cause fought by the middle classes,...Read More

Maxine Peake

  By Tony Mason, Senior Commissioning Editor   OK, so we’re looking for an inspirational character to help promote Women’s History Month here at Manchester University...Read More

Ideal homes, 1918-39 - Q&A with author Deborah Sugg Ryan

1. What book in this field has inspired you the most? I have been influenced by several books that present biographies of houses fused with...Read More

Helen Bamber

By Lianne Slavin, Editorial Services Manager   [caption id="attachment_4880" align="alignleft" width="400"] Photo from www.helenbamber.org[/caption] HELEN BAMBER was 19 when she travelled to Bergen-Belsen with the Jewish...Read More

Fun and Games with the Lady Anne Clifford

By Jessica Malay.   [caption id="attachment_4852" align="alignleft" width="251"] Photograph used with permission from Lakeland Trust.[/caption]   Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery has...Read More

4 saints in 3 acts, A snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s

[wr_row][wr_column]Dr Patricia Allmer – a Senior Lecturer, Chancellor’s Fellow and Deputy Director of Research at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) – has co-curated an exhibition,...Read More

Vote 100: 2018 - Jill Liddington

Why is 2018 such a significant year? 2018 is the centenary of winning Votes for Women. On 6 February 1918, the suffrage campaign was victorious...Read More

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