Was Charles Dickens a Unitarian?
Looking at one or two Unitarian websites for an entirely different purpose, I came across a quiz of famous Unitarian faces. I was surprised to find there, not Elizabeth Gaskell's face, but that of Charles Dickens. Until now, I don't think I
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Keeping Books Alive
Late in 2021, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House received a grant from the Pilgrim Trust as part of the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) Collections Remedial Conservation Grant Scheme. Such grants are specifically for small to medium sized museums to care for their collections
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In Memory of Julia Gaskell – Some Questions Answered
After her sister’s sudden death in October 1908, only eight days after sending her love and sympathy to Charles Eliot Norton in Massachusetts, Meta writes: 'She was a ‘creature of delight’, so beautiful and sweet and outwardly, and within extraordinarily good and
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Frances Hodgson Burnett – back in Manchester!
We have been incredibly lucky at the House that Ann Thwaite, the biographer of Frances Hodgson Burnett, has donated her collection of FHB books to us. Do watch this space and follow our plans for celebrating such an amazing donation! I wrote
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Volunteer stories – how I came to know Mrs Gaskell
About six years ago, during a purposeless and ill-informed visit to Mrs Gaskell's House, I was spotted by an astute manager and asked to become a volunteer. Since she treated me to tea - with a china cup and my own milk
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