Hark! Carol singing in John Rylands Library, Deansgate

16 Dec 2009

Help to raise funds for local charities on 20 December

Sunday 20 December, 3-4pm
Free

Join us for an afternoon of traditional carol singing in the beautiful surroundings of our Historic Reading Room. Raise your voice and help raise funds for Wood Street Mission and St. Anne’s Hospice. The singing will be led by the Salford Hospitals Choir.

To round off the afternoon, seasonal treats will be available in our lovely café.

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JRUL's Special Collections in Radio 4 interview
An interview about the poet-artist Li Yuan-Chia

Radio 4, Tuesday 22 December at 11.30am

Li Yuan-Chia was one of the first significant Chinese abstract artists of the 20th Century. This programme, presented by Sally Lai, the director of Manchester's Chinese Arts Centre, examines his career from the place where he spent the last 28 years of his life: a stone farmhouse, built next to Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria.

Li Yuan-Chia had a remarkable life and career including building a gallery, library, theatre, printing press, children's art room and photograhic darkroom, and opened it to the public. The John Rylands University Library acquired his archives in May 2008.

For more information go to:

• BBC Radio 4: Li Yuan-Chia
  or
• Li Yuan-Chia Foundation