2025 Events Season: Exploring the impact of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth
‘Nay, Ruth, you are not going to have secrets from me, are you?’ You are cordially invited to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House's 10-year anniversary season of Ruth events! These are dedicated to the most controversial of all Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels. Ruth is an
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5. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Week 5. 28 October - 9 November 2024 I was on leave last week so this week's blog is a mash-up of two weeks worth of activity but this week has been particularly busy. The team were kept busy with the second
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Garden gets Gold!
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Garden in Ardwick has won a prestigious GOLD award in this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom competition within the Small Visitor Attraction category. The restored garden at the home of the radical Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell, just one mile
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A Man’s World – New Online Course for Spring 2025
In our 10th anniversary year, Elizabeth Gaskell's House is delighted to announce a new online course with the ever-popular Dr Sherry Ashworth. This spring we take a look at literary men and masculinity. Join Sherry to ask what do Victorian novelists have
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Book Repairs Part 1
For the past three years we have been able to repair some of the most interesting titles in the book collection thanks to generous sponsorship by Friends and volunteers. Diana Ashcroft and I, who volunteer at Elizabeth Gaskell's House, have researched the
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