How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? Women in the Arts and Crafts movement were significantly involved in shaping the art and culture of their time and their... READ MORE
How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? A story of diverse objects, personalities, ideas and hopes and that shaped, or failed to shape, the material world late... READ MORE
How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? A fascinating insight into the history and design of the ordinary interwar suburban semi. What book in your field has... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? Elizabeth McKellar’s The birth of modern London: the development and design of the city 1660–1720 (Manchester University Press, 1999) had a very... READ MORE
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 personal memoir, notably Julie Myerson’s Home: The Story... READ MORE
by Regina Lee Blaszczyk At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Abraham Moon and Sons had weathered a near endless series of challenges over the 150 years of its existence but one problem wouldn’t... READ MORE
The John Rylands Library and Manchester University Press are delighted to announce the new editors of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library: Stephen Mossman, University of Manchester Cordelia Warr,... READ MORE
James Paz Q and A – Nonhuman voices in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture What book in this field has inspired you the most? It’s difficult to single out one book. Rather,... READ MORE
Crafting Design in Italy, by Catharine Rossi There are some periods in the history of design that rarely seem to escape the academic or public spotlight: be it the Arts & Crafts movement,... READ MORE
What book in this field has inspired you the most? Over the last decade, some great edited collections have been published that explore material culture in the context of historical study (including... READ MORE