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Manchester Meeting – Mr Darwin & Mrs Gaskell

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Mr Darwin and Mrs Gaskell: a tale of two storytellersIn October, we welcome Gordon Chancellor, who will examine the many connections between Charles Darwin and Elizabeth Gaskell, both in their […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – “I do like Mr Lushington very much”

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

We're delighted to welcome David Taylor FSA to our November meeting. The Home Quartet (Mrs Lushington and her Daughters) by Arthur HughesVernon Lushington was a close friend of Elizabeth Gaskell […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – The Restoration of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

We're especially delighted to welcome our dear friend, Frank Galvin, for our December illustrated talk. Frank is a retired museum curator who worked for Stockport’s Heritage Service for 32 years: […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – Rooms with a View

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Rooms with a View: Soft Furnishings in North and South   This talk will explore what the furniture in North and South tells us about the social world Gaskell inhabits. […]

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Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Visit to Chatsworth

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

‘I feel more like Cinderella, than anyone else you can imagine’: Elizabeth Gaskell’s visit to Chatsworth On Saturday 12 September 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell and her daughter Meta were amongst many […]

£5 – £6

The Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2023

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Our Annual General Meeting takes place at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester 10.00 Tea and Coffee 10.30 Annual General Meeting 11.45 The Daphne Carrick Memorial Lecture  Why Read Elizabeth Gaskell? […]

Manchester Meeting – Domestic Mental Cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Works

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Kathleen Gentle's talk for our October meeting will focus on familial/spousal abuse in Gaskell's works. She'll  discuss Gaskell's depiction of physical and mental cruelty and how she criticises her contemporary […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell in the Train and on the Omnibus

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

We're delighted to welcome back committee member and one of our favourite speakers, Anthony Burton. He'll be offering a tempting taster for our 2024 Conference, which explores the theme of […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – Gaskell and the Fairy Tale

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Gaskell’s interest in the fairy tale and her use of fairy-tale motifs throughout her writing have been curiously neglected by scholars.  The fairy tale, like the Gothic and the […]

£5 – £6

The Victorian House: Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Context

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Is Elizabeth Gaskell's House a 'typical' Victorian house?  Surely houses changed a lot over Victoria's 63-year-long reign? Anthony Burton examines various aspects of Victorian domestic architecture, in order to show how […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell in the Digital World

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to welcome Jessica Smith, Creative Arts Archivist at the John Ryland Research Institute and Library. As you may know, the John Rylands Library holds a collection of Elizabeth […]

£5 – £6

The Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2024

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Our Annual General Meeting takes place at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester 10.00 Tea and Coffee 10.30 Annual General Meeting 11.45 The Daphne Carrick Memorial Lecture - Jane Austen and Elizabeth […]

Manchester Meeting – Female Role Models from Biblical Heroines

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Author Sherry Ashworth looks at how Elizabeth Gaskell,  George Eliot and Charles Dickens used biblical heroines to develop their own characters. Our Manchester meetings take place in Cross Street Chapel […]

£5 – £6

Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell, Celebrity

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Gaskell, Celebrity: How she coped with fame In ordinary life, Elizabeth Gaskell enjoyed a certain status in Manchester as the wife of a prominent clergyman. But she soon achieved […]

£5 – £6

The Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2025

Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom

« All Events The Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2025 12 April , 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Our 40th Annual General Meeting takes place at Cross Street Chapel in […]