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By Ellen Pilsworth On 20 February 1938, Anthony Eden resigned from his post as Foreign Secretary to protest against the policy of appeasement pursued by PM Neville Chamberlain. Like many others in Britain, Chamberlain was still hoping to avoid a war with Hitler by viewing both him, and his...
We miss all our readers and drop-in visitors immensely. Solidarity to you all. While you re waiting to come back, here for you is an interesting story of something rather wonderful that my colleague Jane discovered hidden in the uncatalogued depths of the library, now that she has had...
If you follow the library on Instagram, you will know that I have been working on getting our poster collection fully catalogued. That work is now complete, and you can now search for them using our online catalogue. However, in the process of sorting out all the items in...
The original understanding of a working class movement was the rallying of a community of people to force representation in parliament. This was known as Chartism, named after the People s Charter a bill drafted by William Lovett. These were the first documented attempts at rallying the working classes...
Friedrich Engels holds a special place in the hearts of many in Salford, with a statue of his face and beard erected right in the centre of the university campus. His time here, despite being shrouded in secrecy and hearsay, has defined communities and business alike since the historical...