Elizabeth Gaskell’s House to receive £33,000 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
Elizabeth Gaskell's House is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, which will support the House as it prepares to reopen to public on 19 May. Elizabeth Gaskell's House
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Tracking down Mr Aide
On March 28 1862. Elizabeth Gaskell writes a letter to George Smith, her publisher: 'It seems to me that you must have been thinking me very ungrateful inasmuch as all this time I have never thanked you for Mr Aide's book. But
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And so, to bed…
The excitement is building within the bedroom team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House as we are now well on the way to finishing the restoration of Elizabeth’s Bedroom. If you have visited Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, you will have seen our beautiful carpets in
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The Manchester Woman – Mrs G Linnaeus Banks
Before I was sidetracked by Richmal Crompton, I had wanted to feature the writer of The Manchester Man in our occasional series about other women writers of Manchester. So to celebrate the 200th anniversary of her birth on 25 March 1821, let's
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Spring into Elizabeth Gaskell’s House season of online events
Mother’s Day - Online talks & tours - Book launch - Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell Season Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has earned an outstanding reputation for the quality and variety of its online events, with the programme designed to explore all aspects
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