This April, Manchester University Press is running a series of blog posts to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as... READ MORE
Ramadan 2022: Concepts of community
This April, Manchester University Press is running a series of blog posts to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as... READ MORE
The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking place on Thursday 5th May is expected to see 90 members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This will be the seventh assembly election since... READ MORE
The volume editors, Andrew Biswell and Will Carr and MUP senior commissioning editor, Matthew Frost, discuss the forthcoming books in the Irwell Edition of the Works of Anthony Burgess – The... READ MORE
Note: Numbers in bold are those of the eleven essays. “Bloomsbury” in the title denotes the influential circle of writers, artists, critics, and economists known as the Bloomsbury Group or Set –... READ MORE
Elizabeth Siddal, an influential artist and poet was the darling of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Her often dark poetry focuses on themes of lost love or the impossibility of true love. “Her... READ MORE
By Anna Watz 2020 was a remarkable year for the celebration of the legacy of women associated with the surrealist movement. The impressive exhibition Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret... READ MORE
By Nicholas Perkins ‘Kepe þou þat on & y þat oþer; For Godes loue, heuen-king, Lete neuer þis coupe fro þe Bot loke heron & þenk on me; It tokneþ our parting.’ ‘You keep... READ MORE
In 1848 The Communist Manifesto argued that the bourgeoisie ‘for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions…has substituted naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation.’ This... READ MORE
New Gothic books in 2020 We’re very proud of the fantastic Gothic books we’ve published this year, take a look at our overview below… Here’s to another exciting year of... READ MORE
Christopher Ivic takes us back 400 years, to a time when no real or imagined ‘UK’ existed. The accession of Scottish King James VI and I to the English throne in 1603 dramatically changed the... READ MORE