So long, and thanks for all the cake
It is with a heavy heart that I write my final blog for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House (or Lizzie G’s as I referred to it throughout my time volunteering here - I like to think that she had a secret rapper identity, writing
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Are you nesh?
It all started with a conversation that I had with another volunteer on a chilly winter’s morning. As I sat there wrapped with the throw from the chaise lounge on my lap (shhh, don’t tell) and with my winter coat draped over
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What’s New in 2018
Manchester’s literary landmark, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, will offer visitors a wealth of new cultural treats in 2018. As Manchester celebrates its UNESCO City of Literature status, the beautifully-restored home of one of its finest and most famous Victorian writers has some treats
Read more »Working with Ed Lab at MMU
At the end of 2017 we began working with a group of students from the EdLab (School of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies) at Manchester Metropolitan University in order to develop the houses's resources and activities for when children visit with their
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A City that Boasts Many Diversions…..
We were incredibly excited to see Elizabeth Gaskell's House featured in the New York Times over the Christmas period as part of feature on 36 hours in Manchester. The journalist writes that visiting Manchester "is an exercise in peeling back layers of
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