The Library & collections blog

A picture of the Warrington Windows with the martineau statue in the foreground

The Martyn Bequest: Celebrating the Aikin Family

15 August 2026

Embroidered piece of cloth showing the word Love as well as two flowers and some foliage

God is Love

25 May 2026

A row of books with the spines showing. Most of the books are written or about Rahmohun Roy.

Harris Manchester College, the Brahmo Samaj and the Tagore connection

25 March 2026

Pottery jar and plates in bright sunshire

Bubier collection of ceramics

03 December 2025

A row of black bound volumes on a shelf with the title MCO reports

Books about the College

10 October 2024

A long shot down the Library taken in the 1890s with furniture and bookcase in place

Shock of the new!

29 July 2024

Black and white image of text with two woodcuts of biblical scenes

Biblical milestone

07 March 2024

Leather bound book with Manchester Academy Minute book on the cover

HMC goes Digital

13 February 2024

Portrait of William Gaskell - a three-quarters length portrait of a man in academic robes

The Gaskell connection

30 January 2024

radhakrishnan2 pdf

Upton lectures

06 November 2023

egyptian artefacts boxes4

A cabinet of Egyptian antiquities

11 October 2023

picture loan

Art for all

03 October 2023