The Gaskell Society

Celebrating the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell

Gaskell Society News

"In short, I am ... open to any amount of literary gossip."

– Letter (412) to George Smith, February 1859 –

The Gaskell Society on the BBC

Michael Portillo, former government minster turned television presenter (and famous for his brightly-coloured clothes), asked the Gaskell Society’s Chair, Dr Diane Duffy, to contribute to a BBC programme celebrating the

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A Letter From Julia Gaskell

Over the past year a number of unpublished letters from Elizabeth’s daughters have been brought to our notice. Last year, for example, a letter from Meta (Margaret) Gaskell was discovered

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Ardwick Green

A beautiful Grade II listed former church, the Thomas Centre in Ardwick Green has meeting rooms named for famous Ardwick residents – including Elizabeth Gaskell. 

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The Gaskell Collection online

Our friends at the John Rylands Library have been in touch to tell us about the new Elizabeth Gaskell Collection Catalogue Picture: Page 1 of The Grey Woman manuscript, in

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