A Visit to Capesthorne Hall
13 May 2025
A Visit to Capesthorne Hall “A place and person for an artist to be in – old hall, galleries, old paintings, &c. and such a dame of a lady to
– Letter (412) to George Smith, February 1859 –
A Visit to Capesthorne Hall “A place and person for an artist to be in – old hall, galleries, old paintings, &c. and such a dame of a lady to
A beautiful Grade II listed former church, the Thomas Centre in Ardwick Green has meeting rooms named for famous Ardwick residents – including Elizabeth Gaskell.
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
Our convivial New Year lunch takes place on Tuesday 14 January 2025. Join us! Helen Smith tells us about the 2024 lunch.
Female behaviour and the choice of marriage partner are concerns for both Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot, writes Dr Diane Duffy.
Alan Shelston (1937-2024) Gaskell Society members all over the world were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Alan Shelston – not only one of the foremost Gaskell scholars
Gaskell Society president Shirley Foster shares a reading list to accompany her 2024 Conference talk, ‘Visits and Records: nineteenth-century women travellers and their writings.
As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ This
As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ For