Manx James

Interested in all aspects of culture in the Isle of Man. Formerly editing as user:Jamesfranklingresham.

Some of the stuff I've created includes:

Hall Caine novels

• She's All The World To Me
• The Deemster
• The Bondman
• The Manxman
• The Master of Man
• The Woman of Knockaloe (aka 'Barbed Wire')

20th Century Manx writers

• Robert Corteen Carswell
• Cushag
• Mona Douglas
• Kathleen Faragher
• W. Walter Gill
• Colin Jerry
• W. Clucas Kinley
• J. J. Kneen
• Paul Lebiedzinski
• Sophia Morrison
• Juan Noa
• W. T. Quirk
• Christopher R. Shimmin
• Stephen Hughes-Games
• Leonida Nikolai Giovannelli

Manx writers prior to the 20th Century

• Trevor Ashe
• Edward Faragher
• Canon John Quine
• Esther Nelson
• George Quarrie
• John Lewin
• Thomas Christian
• Thomas Allen
• John Moore
• William Kinrade

Manx theatre

• The Charm, the 1912 play by Christopher Shimmin
• The Peel Players, Sophia Morrison's theatre group, in existence from 1912 until 1917
• The Michael Players
• Tom Dodd (Manx actor)

Manx publications

• Mannin, the Manx culture journal published 1913-1917 and edited by Sophia Morrison
• Juan-y-Pherick’s Journey and Other Poems, the 1916 poetry collection of W. Walter Gill
• The Story of the Isle of Man, A. W. Moore's 1901 short introductory history of the Isle of Man

Manx WWII Internment Camps

• Hutchinson Internment Camp
• Mooragh Internment Camp
• Metropole Internment Camp
• Sefton Internment Camp

Architecture of the Isle of Man

• Old St. Runius, Marown
• All Saints Church, Douglas
• Onchan Village Hall
• St Paul's, Ramsey

Other stuff

• Hunt the Wren, the Christmas-time tradition specific to the Isle of Man
• Sophia Goulden, the Manx mother of Emmeline Pankhurst
• Sage Kinvig, the penultimate native speaker of Manx before the present era
• Rinkaghyn Vannin, the book of Manx dances
• Claare ny Gael, the weekly programme on Manx Radio presented by Bob Carswell
• Reih Bleeaney Vanannan, the annual award presented for contributions to Manx culture
• Aeglagh Vannin, the Manx cultural youth group set up by Mona Douglas in 1931
• The section on Kurt Schwitters' internment on the Isle of Man
• The category of people interned in the Isle of Man during World War II
• Frances Bessie Burlison artist responsible for the reredos at Our Lady, Ramsey