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: Sketching Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Join us for our perennially popular day workshop in sketching.        Have you ever wanted to record your memories of a visit using your own sketches and illustrations? Our much-loved workshop, led by urban sketcher Liz Ackerley, will teach you how to capture special places using pen, pencil, watercolour and other simple materials in a sketchbook. From drawing special items like lamps and furniture, to details, features and views, this day workshop will give you the

: Reading The Nineteenth Century: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Join us for a reading course which looks into the dark side of Victorian fiction. Sherry Ashworth, Visiting Teaching fellow at Manchester Writing School will lead you on a journey into the dark heart of nineteenth century writing in this five-part evening course at Elizabeth Gaskell's House. This final session will examine Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic classic, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. We are all prone to dark imaginings – and the Victorians were no different. Throughout the nineteenth century,

: Reading the Nineteenth Century: Wilkie Collins

Join us for a reading course which looks into the dark side of Victorian fiction. Sherry Ashworth, Visiting Teaching fellow at Manchester Writing School will lead you on a journey into the dark heart of nineteenth century writing in this five-part evening course at Elizabeth Gaskell's House. April's session will examine Wilkie Collins' Poor Miss Finch. We are all prone to dark imaginings – and the Victorians were no different. Throughout the nineteenth century, there was a persistent interest in

: Reading The Nineteenth Century – James Hogg

Join us for a reading course which looks into the dark side of Victorian fiction. Sherry Ashworth, Visiting Teaching fellow at Manchester Writing School will lead you on a journey into the dark heart of nineteenth century writing in this five-part evening course at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, and the third session will focus on James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. We are all prone to dark imaginings – and the Victorians were no different. Throughout the

: Reading the Nineteenth Century: The Water Babies

Join us for a reading course which looks into the dark side of Victorian fiction. Sherry Ashworth, Visiting Teaching fellow at Manchester Writing School, will lead you on a journey into the dark heart of nineteenth-century writing in this five-part evening course at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, and the second session will focus on Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies. We are all prone to dark imaginings – and the Victorians were no different. Throughout the nineteenth-century, there is a persistent interest