World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall Our research Events Resources Blog In celebration of World Sleep Day, we’re reflecting on the progress of our research project Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World, and some of the exciting...
Halloween and sleep

Halloween and sleep

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall Our research Events Resources Blog On Monday 31st October the Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World team from the University of Manchester met visitors in the bedchamber at Ordsall Hall to...
Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall with Anna Fielding

Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall with Anna Fielding

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall Our research Events Resources Blog My name’s Anna and for the next two years I’ll be working closely with the Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World team at the University of Manchester and...
Bedding ‘Down’ in Early Modern England

Bedding ‘Down’ in Early Modern England

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall Our research Events Resources Blog In the next instalment of our mini-series ‘Materials of Sleep’, Dr Holly Fletcher explores the role of plant ‘down’ in the bedding materials of...