Events

Feisty Females – New Online Course for Autumn 2025

You can enjoy a special treat this autumn. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to announce a new online course about feisty females with the ever-popular Dr Sherry Ashworth. So from September you can take a look at literature's feisty females including some

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Valentine.s Day in Manchester

Valentine’s Day in Manchester has a fascinating history, especially in the 19th century, when it became a much-celebrated occasion. The day, traditionally associated with love and courtship, took on a particularly lively character in the industrial city as it became a symbol

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Your Autumn 2024

Look ahead to cosy evenings in with a new programme of online events designed just for you, starting this September. Share your love of literature with like-minded people from around the world - all from the comfort of your own home! The

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Short Stories – New online course for Autumn 2024

Delve into the dark side with Sherry Ashworth’s new course on Victorian short stories. Keep your tissues to the ready as you shudder and weep over two of Elizabeth Gaskell’s stories, Lizzie Leigh and Lois the Witch. Then you may be shocked by George Eliot’s

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Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell and their literary house

Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell – Your Short Season of Events

Back by popular demand, Elizabeth Gaskell's House and the Brontë Parsonage Museum have a new short season of online events throughout May 2024 looking at the friendship between two remarkable literary women, Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell. The first in the series

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