#manchester library

[wordsmithnikki]

Dyslexia: The Reading Room by Quarantine Theatre in Central Library With Jules Styles

As it’s National Dyslexia Week, here’s a blog from the Nikki Wordsmith archives that touches on this topic in a celebratory neurodivergent way…

As it’s National Dyslexia Week, here’s a blog from the Nikki Wordsmith archives that touches on this topic in a celebratory neurodivergent way… “I’ve never been in here before,” said Jules about Manchester Central Library. “It is completely overwhelming.” Despite being a resident of Manchester for … The Reading Room by Quarantine in Central Library

[galina]

I couldn't visit Manchester without doing a library tour

[damonalbarn]

2011, Chetham's Library, Manchester - photos by Tim Sinclair [X]

[caedmonofwhitby]

Chetham’s Library, Manchester

Chetham’s Library was founded in 1653 and is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.

The Library began acquiring books in August 1655, and has been adding to the collections ever since. As well as early printed books, the collection includes ephemera, manuscript diaries, letters and deeds, prints, paintings and glass lantern slides.

The Library is also known for being the place where Marx and Engels met to discuss their revolutionary ideas that changed the world. It’s also where Dr. John Dee supposedly summoned the Devil!

[jessieren]

Brotherton Library Reading Room, Leeds and Manchester Central Library

[countingmoomins]

Windows in the John Rylands library 𖦹𖦹𖦹

[themancorialist]

Central Street, Manchester.

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

...endless amount of knowledge ...

John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester

Opened in 1900, it is known for its neo-Gothic architecture and the Rylands Reading Room.

[mycolorsoflife]

♧John Rylands Library♧Manchester

[o-rchidae]

I finally visited Chetham's Library. The oldest English language public library in the world.

It's part of the Chetham's School of Music campus so there were kids around and I had to make sure none of them made it into shot. There were some boys playing with a football on the other side of the quad who were threatened with paying the damages if they broke a medieval window.

The famous medieval cat flaps

Dr John Dee was the warden of the college during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was an alchemist, mathematician and astronomer (and a spy for the English Crown).

One of his many exploits is claiming he delved deep into the occult and summoned the devil in his day room who burned a hoof mark into the table. It didn't look like a hoof to me but I couldn't get a clear picture of it so maybe it’s true.

Another famous pair of visitors were Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who did the majority of their research for The Condition of the Working Class in England in the upstairs reading room

And the stacks

The books were originally chainted to the shelves and were to be read sitting on a stool by a shelf. As the collection grew this system became unwieldy and the shelves were caged in instead. Some of the chained volumes still remain.

[ugartecoco]

[davidbarlowe]

John Rylands Library, Manchester, 1900.

[wearepeace]

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges

[jessdoesphotography]

Brotherton reading room, Leeds and Manchester Central Library

[totallyhussein-blog]

Be Inspired by Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson is without a doubt one of the best Finnish artists of all time and also the most widely read Finnish author abroad. Her work is of immeasurable value because of her success as a writer, artist and cartoonist.

Tove Jansson was a multi-talented artist who is mostly remembered as the creator of the Moomins. The Moomin books have been translated into over fifty languages. Her worldwide fame is also recognisable because she succeeded to write for both children and adults at the same time.

[cyra-ooc]