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: Full-day Spinning Workshop

**** This workshop has sold out *****   Learn this wonderful traditional craft in a full-day workshop in the inspirational surroundings of Elizabeth Gaskell's House. Inspired by our Ruskin exhibition, we're offering you the chance to learn this ancient skill, as championed and admired by John Ruskin himself. At this day-long workshop, you'll take a seat at a spinning wheel under the guidance of expert woolcraft and textiles tutor, Dee Sayce, and learn to hand spin your own

: Reading The Nineteenth-Century: Adam Bede

It's my belief her heart's as hard as a pebble. George Eliot, Adam Bede Join us for the latest in a series of evening reading workshops at Elizabeth Gaskell's House, and enter the troubled world of fallen women in the Victorian novel. When a women's virtue is compromised, what choices lie open to her? Whose fault is it that she falls in the first place? And what will happen to the children born as a result? To answer these

: National Poetry Day

Enjoy some well-loved poetry in one of the country's most beautiful literary houses on National Poetry Day! Discover a selection of poems that were loved by Elizabeth Gaskell on display in the elegantly-restored period rooms of the House. Will it be Wordsworth in the Study, or Bamford in the Dining Room? Charlotte Bronte in the Drawing Room or Tennyson in the Morning Room? Come along and enjoy reading Elizabeth's favourite poetry in her former home. Take a look

: Halloween Lunch-time Talk: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic Tales

Get into the Halloween spirit and join us for a lunch-time talk on Elizabeth Gaskell's gothic tales, with Dr Diane Duffy. Mysterious vanishings, eerie old buildings, windswept moors and ghostly goings-on: Elizabeth Gaskell's goosebump-inducing gothic stories are a far cry from the gritty Manchester novels with which she's often associated. Come along at 1pm to find out more about these dark and decidedly spine-tingling tales! Included in House entry      Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is run by Manchester Historic

: Remembrance Sunday Talk: Poetry of the Great War

Join us to commemorate Remembrance Sunday, at our short, informal lunch-time talk on World War I poetry with Philip Watts. The discussion, on these powerful and moving pieces of writing, will include readings of complete poems. Included in House entry  Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is run by Manchester Historic Buildings Trust (charity no. 1080606) and all money gained through private tours, talks, room hire and ticket sales goes towards the ongoing maintenance and running costs of the House. If you