BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Gaskell Society - ECPv6.18.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Gaskell Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T120000 DTSTAMP:20260805T130659Z CREATED:20260728T134744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T130659Z UID:9062-1789815600-1789819200@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Autumn Meeting 2026 - Elizabeth Gaskell: asserting copyright and legal liaisons DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/autumn-meeting-2026/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401 DTSTAMP:20260303T111436Z CREATED:20260303T105017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T111436Z UID:8736-1772496000-1775001599@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - Ruth\, from Fact to Fiction with Livi Michael DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-ruth/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Meeting,Online,talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260203T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T000000 DTSTAMP:20260212T174129Z CREATED:20260204T163500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T174129Z UID:8557-1770076800-1772236800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - The Earliest Continental Travellers' Tales of Manchester DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/the-earliest-continental-travellers-tales-of-manchester-recording/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Manchester,Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260101T235500 DTSTAMP:20251202T164147Z CREATED:20251201T122911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T164147Z UID:8380-1764752400-1767311700@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING ACCESS - Christmas Travel in Elizabeth Gaskell's Day DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-christmas-travel-2025/ LOCATION:onine CATEGORIES:Meeting,Online,talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a-merry-christmas-995d4b.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251201 DTSTAMP:20251107T174022Z CREATED:20251103T162856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T174022Z UID:8308-1762300800-1764547199@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING ACCESS - "That Wicked Paris": Fashioning the Good Englishwoman DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/that-wicked-paris-recording/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Meeting,Online,talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fashions-for-1844.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251029T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251029T200000 DTSTAMP:20251013T092013Z CREATED:20251013T092013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T092013Z UID:8098-1761764400-1761768000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Halloween – Victorian Ghost Stories DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/online-talk-halloween-victorian-ghost-stories/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T200000 DTSTAMP:20251013T090740Z CREATED:20251013T090740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T090740Z UID:8095-1760554800-1760558400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: "A Flattering Malady" - Disease and Dying in Victorian Fiction DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/flattering-malady/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T200000 DTSTAMP:20250707T105947Z CREATED:20250707T105947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T105947Z UID:7777-1758740400-1758744000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: North and South – Fashion in the TV Classic and Novel DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/north-and-south-fashion/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250918T200000 DTSTAMP:20250707T105658Z CREATED:20250707T105658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T105658Z UID:7773-1758222000-1758225600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: At Home with Elizabeth Gaskell DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/at-home-with-elizabeth-gaskell/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250910T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250910T210000 DTSTAMP:20250707T104539Z CREATED:20250707T102901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T104539Z UID:7766-1757530800-1757538000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Course - Feisty Females DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/online-course-feisty-females/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Discussion,literature,Online ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250526T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T235900 DTSTAMP:20250526T111404Z CREATED:20250526T111059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T111404Z UID:7587-1748217600-1751327940@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING ACCESS - Trailblazer: the Life and Work of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-barbara-leigh-smith-bodichon/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society - London & SE Branch":MAILTO:gaskellsocietylondonse@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241201 DTSTAMP:20241113T113209Z CREATED:20241011T144924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T113209Z UID:6786-1732924800-1733011199@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING ACCESS - Elizabeth Gaskell\, Letters and an Accidental Abortion at St Bartholomew's Hospital DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-elizabeth-gaskell-letters-and-an-accidental-abortion/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241127T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241127T200000 DTSTAMP:20241030T160858Z CREATED:20240606T111610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T160858Z UID:6393-1732734000-1732737600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester in Victorian Literature DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-in-victorian-literature/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T200000 DTSTAMP:20240909T085655Z CREATED:20240606T111816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T085655Z UID:6395-1730314800-1730318400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online talk: Halloween – Brides of Dracula DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/halloween-brides-of-dracula/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T200000 DTSTAMP:20240909T085644Z CREATED:20240606T111439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T085644Z UID:6391-1729105200-1729108800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online talk: Unmarried Women: A Life of Freedom? DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/unmarried-women-life-of-freedom/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241016T000000 DTSTAMP:20241002T094918Z CREATED:20241002T092207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T094918Z UID:6748-1729036800-1729036800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - Edmund Potter: MP\, FRS\, Calico Printer and Philanthropist DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-edmund-potter/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T235500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T235500 DTSTAMP:20241002T093644Z CREATED:20241002T092653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T093644Z UID:6753-1729036500-1729036500@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - Moss and Mosses in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Worlds DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/recording-moss-and-mosses-in-elizabeth-gaskells-worlds/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241002T201500 DTSTAMP:20240606T111227Z CREATED:20240606T111227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T111227Z UID:6389-1727895600-1727900100@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot – Wives and Daughters V Middlemarch DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/elizabeth-gaskell-george-eliot/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T200000 DTSTAMP:20240909T093940Z CREATED:20240606T110926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T093940Z UID:6387-1726686000-1726689600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Wives and Daughters vs Mansfield Park – The Domestic Novel DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/wives-and-daughters-v-mansfield-park/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240904T200000 DTSTAMP:20240606T110606Z CREATED:20240606T110606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T110606Z UID:6385-1725476400-1725480000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Charles Darwin – Literary Science in Wives and Daughters DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/charles-darwin-literary-science/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240710T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240710T200000 DTSTAMP:20240606T105602Z CREATED:20240606T105602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T105602Z UID:6379-1720638000-1720641600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:As Seen on Screen - Costume in TV Adaptations DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/as-seen-on-screen-costume-in-tv-adaptations/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240626T203000 DTSTAMP:20240606T105941Z CREATED:20240606T105941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T105941Z UID:6381-1719428400-1719433800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Villette V Ruth: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/villette-v-ruth/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240612T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240612T200000 DTSTAMP:20240606T110421Z CREATED:20240606T110421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T110421Z UID:6383-1718218800-1718222400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Cynthia V Molly: ‘Love me as I am\, sweet one\, for I shall never be better.’ DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/cynthia-v-molly/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T200000 DTSTAMP:20230526T105604Z CREATED:20230526T105415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T105604Z UID:4579-1702494000-1702497600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Victorian Christmas in Elizabeth Gaskell's Manchester DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/victorian-christmas/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Christmas,history,Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T200000 DTSTAMP:20230526T105628Z CREATED:20230526T105210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T105628Z UID:4577-1701284400-1701288000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Event: North and South – The Preston Lockouts Anniversary DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas Writings \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday 10 December\, 2026\n\n \n\n \, \n\n\n7:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n8:00 pm\n\n\nGMT\n \n \n \n \n \n \n£5 – £6 \n \n \n \n One of our most popular speakers\, Anthony Burton\, returns with his now traditional festive talk – grab a mince pie\, get comfortable.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Reading Christmas stories: illustration by Birket Foster to Elizabeth Gaskell’s Christmas book\, The Moorland Cottage\, 1850.\n \n \n \n \n \n The runaway success of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843)\, celebrating the ‘kindness\, joviality and pathos of the season’ (Thackeray)\, caused many Victorian publishers to badger their authors to produce something similar.  Some responded heartily\, others didn’t (‘distasteful humbug’ – Trollope).   Elizabeth Gaskell had mixed feelings about such seasonal writing\, and produced a mixed bag of stories\, described in this illustrated talk. Anthony Burton organised a series of exhibitions\, at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, 1981-97\, on the history of Christmas celebrations.  Later\, from 2014\, he supplied regular Christmas lectures for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester\, and some Christmas study days for the Victorian Society Manchester branch.  In 2021\, with Diane Duffy\, he produced Christmas with the Gaskells\, a booklet published by the Gaskell Society (see below). Anthony is also editor of the Gaskell Society Newsletter. This talk takes place online only and will be available to ticketholders after the event via recording.  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n Outlook 365\n\n \n Outlook Live\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Christmas with the GaskellsIn Victorian England the celebration of Christmas surged. Following Dickens\, many authors produced heart-warming stories for the season. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote seven of these\, but was not comfortable doing so\, for “I could not write about virtues to order”.  However\, like everyone else\, she participated in the merriment that went on\, even in a grim industrial city like Manchester. This illustrated booklet gathers together everything we have found out about her experience of Christmas observances: carols\, turkeys\, Christmas trees\, and family parties. Buy the booklet (UK shipping only\, sorry) Overseas? We also have a PDF downloadable ebook.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor \n\n\n \n \n Sensation Fiction - Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/preston-lockouts-anniversary/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:history,Online,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR