

Ian Fishwick
623 posts

@uomlib_ian
Academic Engagement Librarian @uomlibrary










Excited to announce new additions to the British Pop Archive. Archives include cultural catalyst Anthony Wilson, the ‘Excavating the Reno’ project, playwright Linda Brogan, musician Pete Shelley and Granada TV Chief Press Officer Norman Frisby. Learn more: ow.ly/9Zmq50OMGhG


Today on the blog we have placement student Owen Mills (@owenmillsyy), talking about using the Guardian archive as a resource for learning about African Decolonisation. Find out more here: ow.ly/wcv950OMHEk #archives #speccolls


Today marks the start of an occasional series on the blog, where Dr Victoria Lowe reflects on her work in the personal archive of film critic, Caroline Lejeune (1897-1973). Read the first instalment and find out the contents of an unexpected envelope... ow.ly/JqHR50OoTUJ















London pays attention to Manchester shock…the first national review of Manchester Unspun in the Financial Times yesterday. It says I write “with a vividness that might elude a conventional historian.” Which means: it’s a right good read. And it’s a very nice review.









