Blogs & News

: Bonnets at Dawn – Pub Quiz

The literary Thunderdome that is Bonnets at Dawn is back, and this time they are challenging Team Gaskell to a pub quiz. So, if you know your Margaret from your Molly, and your Mr Thornton from Mr Hamley, then this is the quiz to come to. Lauren Burke and Hannah Chapman (aka Bonnets at Dawn) go head to head to compare and contrast the lives and work of Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell and other Nineteenth-century women

: Christmas Carols in the Drawing Room

Join our House pianist for seasonal carols around the piano in the Drawing Room at 11am and 2pm. Included in Admission. Mince pies and mulled wine will be on sale in the Tea Room and pick up some last-minute stocking fillers in the shop.

: Christmas Carols in the Drawing Room

Join our House pianist for seasonal carols around the piano in the Drawing Room at 11am and 2pm. Included in Admission. Mince pies and mulled wine will be on sale in the Tea Room and pick up some last-minute stocking fillers in the shop.

: Nell Stevens: Mrs Gaskell & Me

In Mrs Gaskell & Me, author and scholar Nell Stevens (Bleaker House) blends memoir and fiction to explore her life alongside that of Manchester’s own Elizabeth Gaskell. In 1857, following the controversial publication of The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Gaskell flees to Rome, where she meets Charles Norton, a lifelong friend and the love of her life. In 2013, Nell falls in love with Max, a man who lives in Paris and then Boston. As they attempt to

: Victorian Book Group – The Man of Property (Book 1 of The Forsyte Saga) by John Galsworthy

Now in our 4th year, the Victorian Book Group continues our focus on reading (and re-reading) classic works of fiction. Our scope spans the long nineteenth-century and often includes neo-Victorian novels. We are especially interested in writings by and about women, and always feature one work by Elizabeth Gaskell. In 2019, we will explore the genre of the family saga and continue our investigation of how the British novel developed in conversation with other national literary traditions. New members