Women Writers of Manchester: Alison Uttley 1884 – 1976
Some time ago, friend and fellow volunteer Lesley began a series of blogs about women writers of Manchester, of whom there are many, past and present. Some were Manchester born and bred: see Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dodie Smith and Mrs G Linnaeus
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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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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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Only One Star for Cranford!
I am a friend of Tabley House as well as being a volunteer at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, so you can imagine my great delight to read an article by Sarah Webb in the (highly recommended) Tabley Friends Newsletter for September 2021, where
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Skipton, Shakespeare and a sprinkling of Bronte…
In 1623, seven years after Shakespeare died, John Heminge and Henry Condell, his friends and colleagues from The King’s Men theatre company, compiled and arranged for publication thirty six of his plays in what has come to be known as the First
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