Dodie Smith – another Manchester woman writer!
In the second of our Lockdown 2.0 blog series, I'm exploring the Manchester connections of Dodie Smith, who is probably best known as the author of One Hundred and One Dalmatians - released as an iconic animated film by Disney in 1961,
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Frances Hodgson Burnett – women writers of Manchester
Elizabeth Gaskell is, of course, one of the most famous of Manchester's women writers but the city can boast of many others! In this blog series for Lockdown 2.0, lets celebrate four of them, focusing first on Frances Hodgson Burnett. And why's
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Dressing to Impress – Elizabeth and Lace
Lace has historically been associated with dressing to impress as it was an expensive commodity. It was originally made by hand: point lace was made using needles while bobbin lace or pillow lace was, as the name suggests, made on a pillow
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Elizabeth’s Rainy Day Out
Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London in 1810, and sadly lost her mother in 1811. The infant Elizabeth was taken to Knutsford, Cheshire, where she was brought up by her mother’s sister, Hannah Lumb. Despite her love of Manchester, Elizabeth’s connection with
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Books in Translation
The United Kingdom is an insular country. Which is a truism, I know, but I am not just thinking about its geography. Compared to other European countries we read far fewer books written originally in other languages. That is not only something
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