When Caroline Lybbe Powys (1738-1817) visited the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory on 28 August 1771, she was amazed. Viewing the different stages of the ceramic manufacturing process, the moment at... READ MORE
When Caroline Lybbe Powys (1738-1817) visited the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory on 28 August 1771, she was amazed. Viewing the different stages of the ceramic manufacturing process, the moment at... READ MORE
Every day we hear the question: why are people turning to âIslamic extremismâ? But in mainstream discussion, no-one mentions the elephant in the room â or rather no longer in the room, writes... READ MORE
Why do the lives and careers of Emile Pereire (1800â75) and his brother Isaac (1806â80) fascinate us? Certainly, their achievements as railway entrepreneurs and bankers were extraordinary, but the... READ MORE
By Dianne Lawrence  The people over the road are moving out, the whole kit and caboodle: the chairs and beds, the IT paraphernalia, cat-basket, books, teleâ and lawn mower. In the year... READ MORE
    What can we learn from looking at England in 1820? On the one hand, a great deal, but having said that, our understanding of this period has been hobbled by habitual... READ MORE
POSTED BYÂ CIRCULATING NOWÂ ON NOVEMBER 10, 2014 INÂ COLLECTIONS By Jeffrey S. Reznick This Veterans Day is the first to occur during the four-year centenary anniversary of World War I. As... READ MORE
 Manchester University Press Series editors: Anna Barton, University of Sheffield Andrew Smith, University of Sheffield Editorial board: David Amigoni, Keele University Isobel Armstrong,... READ MORE
Jill Liddington, author of Vanishing for the Vote, has a number of book events coming up. Please see the below poster for more details. Vanishing for the vote recounts what happened on one night,... READ MORE
Jackie Stacey is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester where she is currently Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and Languages... READ MORE
1911 was a time of frenzied political activity – including of course the Votes for Women campaigns. With the Liberal government’s forcible feeding of hunger-striking suffragettes in prison... READ MORE