Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
Family Fun this Easter Holidays
Families who hop over to Manchester’s Elizabeth Gaskell’s House with their little bunnies during the Easter holidays will find lots of egg-cellent creative craft activities to take part in at one of Manchester’s most family friendly visitor attractions. With the garden full
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Science and the Gaskells – Henry Enfield Roscoe
At the end of last year, we posted a fascinating blog by Gordon Chancellor detailing the scientists Elizabeth Gaskell would have known. When we're exploring Elizabeth Gaskell's world, we tend to focus on her literary friends and acquaintances, but the first industrial
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Squirrel Knutsford’s Unhappy Day
It was not a good day for Squirrel Knutsford. The week had started well. The man had newly planted some tulips in a pot in the sunshine, and Squirrel Knutsford had had a lovely digging forage, which rewarded him with a juicy
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Wolf or squirrel, that is the question?
In February 2021, Chris Tucker and I posted a blog about the poet John Donne and a two-volume edition of his poems that had been recently added to our collection. What’s done is Donne. - elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk The very last paragraph of
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When Elizabeth met William – Wordsworth that was!
William Wordsworth’s name appears in Elizabeth Gaskell’s life several times, though it seems she only met him once. It is clear that he influenced Elizabeth’s work. A love of nature comes through strongly in much of Elizabeth’s writing. I especially love the
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