Literature

Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer, A collection of letters and observations by Margaret Howitt has been donated to the House by Irene Wiltshire along with the Howitt’s Journal Vol 3 described in an earlier blog. These two volumes were published

We recently received a donation of books from Irene Wiltshire and two of these were of particular interest to me, Howitt’s Journal Volume 3 and a two volume work Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer by Margaret Howitt (I'll talk about

As we mentioned in Part 1 of this blog, 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. Over the course of

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

We're going all out to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) this year with local, national and international events (either in person or online) to mark this special day. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements