
2025 Events Season: Exploring the impact of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth
‘Nay, Ruth, you are not going to have secrets from me, are you?’ Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to be celebrating a new 10-year anniversary season of events dedicated to the most controversial of all Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels, Ruth. This infamous book
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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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From Dereliction to Delight: A new exhibition
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a new exhibition that tells the story of how one of Manchester’s most important historic cultural venues was saved from dereliction, and transformed into the beauty it is today. Running from 6 October
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Young Trustee Vacancies
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is approaching its 10th anniversary of opening to the public and this marks an exciting time for the charity. We are looking to recruit two trustees aged 18-30 to help us develop and progress as we enter our second decade. During
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