BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Gaskell Society - ECPv6.15.20//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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241201 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 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:Available until 30 November 2024. \nHannah Palmer\, a PhD student at Loughborough University\, talks about her research into abortion and maternal histories in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Her thesis explores these issues in Gaskell’s letters and comments more generally on Gaskell’s role within her community. This is a recording of a talk Hannah gave to the London & SE branch of the Gaskell Society in September 2024. \nUse the link below to access an online recording of the talk. The recording will be able to view until 11.59pm on 30 November 2024. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T111610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T160858Z UID:6393-1732734000-1732737600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester in Victorian Literature DESCRIPTION:Manchester is the dramatic backdrop to literary classics\, such as Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South\, and lesser-known works\, such as Isabella Banks’s The Manchester Man. The city has been at the forefront of industrial change and political radicalism but what about literature? How have events from the Industrial Revolution to Peterloo inspired writers? How are the lives of the Manchester inhabitants reflected in industrial and social-problem novels? \nThis intriguing new talk offers a glimpse at Manchester’s role in Victorian literature and its portrayal on the page. Join researcher Michelle Ravenscroft to celebrate Lancashire Day with a special talk exploring the literary stories of Manchester. \n\n\n\nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House 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:20241109T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241109T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20241105T145456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T145917Z UID:6847-1731160800-1731168000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gaskell\, the Portico Library and Jane Austen DESCRIPTION:The Gaskells’ relationship with the Portico Library is well-documented. A bust of William Gaskell sits in the Library\, honouring his tenure as the Chairman – the longest running Chairman in the Library’s history. A handful of articles have explored William and Elizabeth’s relationship to the library\, but in this early stage\, we have only just begun to scratch the surface. What can the Gaskell Borrowing Logs tell us about Elizabeth Gaskell’s reading habits and trends? Do the borrowed books go beyond just pleasure reading and into research for her own writing? What connections might we be able to draw between books borrowed and the works that Gaskell was working on at the time? In this talk\, Emma Probett will uncover unexplored connections between Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell alongside the wider history of the “novel of manners” genre\, which makes a frequent and significant appearance in the records. \nDr Emma Probett is a writer\, researcher and podcaster. She has a PhD in Victorian Studies from the University of Leicester on Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell’s 19th-century Novels of Manners: Narrative Experiments and Developments with the Community Setting and is currently writing a book on this theme. \nPrice: £6.00\, payable in cash on the day \nDoors open from 12.45 and you are welcome to join us for lunch (not provided – bring a packed lunch) before the talk. \nTea/coffee and refreshments will be provided after the talk and the event will finish at around 4.00 pm \nBooking is not necessary\, although it would help our planning if you could let us know that you hope to come. \nContact Jenny Keaveney  07791 309784 URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/elizabeth-gaskell-the-portico-library-and-jane-austen/ LOCATION:Francis Holland School\, 39 Graham Terrace\, London\, SW1W 8JF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:London & SE,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society - London & SE Branch":MAILTO:jennykeaveney@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241105T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241105T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T102810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T152745Z UID:6370-1730811600-1730818800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Female Role Models from Biblical Heroines DESCRIPTION:Author Sherry Ashworth looks at how Elizabeth Gaskell\,  George Eliot and Charles Dickens used biblical heroines to develop their own characters. \nOur Manchester meetings take place in Cross Street Chapel on the first Tuesday of the month\, October-March (exc January). Everyone is most welcome to come along\, members and non-members alike. Doors open at 1pm (feel free to bring a packed lunch) and the talk will begin at 1.30pm. \nTickets are £5 for members\, £6 for non-members. Simply pay on the door\, or use the link below (no booking fee). \nWe’ll make an in-meeting recording available online after the event.  Book online and we’ll send you the link. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-november-2024/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T111816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T085655Z UID:6395-1730314800-1730318400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online talk: Halloween – Brides of Dracula DESCRIPTION:A talk to mark the bi-centary year of Lord Byron. Step into the dark side to look at literary vampires\, starting with his unfinished novel The Burial: A Fragment. Byron’s supernatural story may have been the first in English to feature a vampire but it certainly was not the last and many that followed featured female vampires. \nDelve into Irish novelist Sheridan Le Fanu’s work Carmilla which predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula and introduces the iconic lesbian vampire. Then shudder as Mrs Rollerson secretly drinks the blood of her young companions in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s novel Good Lady Ducayne. Hold back your fear as we explore Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula and consider the role of female vampires in contemporary literature. Finally\, we look at Elizabeth Gaskell’s love of the gothic – can her short piece Poor Clare be considered a Vampire story? \nWe’re stirring up trouble with our blood-curdling selection of familiar classics and new favourites. Explore these terrifying tales in our spellbinding Halloween talk by Dr Diane Duffy. Book now… if you’re feeling brave enough! \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T111439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T085644Z UID:6391-1729105200-1729108800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online talk: Unmarried Women: A Life of Freedom? DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Gaskell’s last novel\, Wives and Daughters\, explored the position of women in 19th century society and the pressure on them to marry. Her book had much to say about marriage\, including storylines like Mrs Gibson’s marriage of necessity\, Cynthia’s secret engagement and Molly’s hoped-for love-match. Now we compare fiction with reality in this special dual talk on Unmarried Women. \nFirstly\, popular speaker Elizabeth Williams explores the life and options for unmarried women in Wives and Daughters and other Elizabeth Gaskell novels. How did the writer view marriage? Did she suggest other options to her readers? \nSecondly\, writer Charlotte Furness introduces four historical women who each challenged and defied the societal expectations of their times by making the conscious decision not to marry a man. She brings to light the life and times of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall\, Elizabeth Isham of Lamport Hall\, Anne Robinson of Saltram and Rosalie Chichester of Arlington Court. To what extent could these real women live the life they wanted? \nJoin us for an evening looking at unmarried women in fact and fiction. \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House \nPS We know that Anne Lister was\, now rather famously\, actually married to another woman but we are looking at women who rejected social expectations of traditional marriage. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20241002T092207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T094918Z UID:6748-1729036800-1729036800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - Edmund Potter: MP\, FRS\, Calico Printer and Philanthropist DESCRIPTION:Edmund Potter is probably most famous for being the grandfather of the author\, Beatrix Potter\, but he had an illustrious career of his own. Edmund was a Calico Printer who owned a calico print works at Dinting Vale\, near Glossop\, Derbyshire\, that was once the largest calico printing factory in the world. \nKate Raine will share her research in a brief survey of Edmund’s life. The talk will look at his role in the great institutions\, society and politics in Manchester and the Dinting Vale Print Works. \nEdmund was  a lifelong friend of William Gaskell and the talk will look at the connections between the two families. \nKate Raine is an Archivist and a Director of Glossop Heritage Trust. She started researching the life of Edmund Potter and the Dinting Vale Print Works\, as part of her work for the Trust. \nUse the link below to access an online recording of the talk. Sales are open until 15 October and the recording will be able to view until 11.59pm on 21 October 2024. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20241002T092653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T093644Z UID:6753-1729036500-1729036500@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:RECORDING - Moss and Mosses in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Worlds DESCRIPTION:RECORDING: Moss and Mosses in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Worlds\nThis year’s Joan Leach Memorial Lecture was given by Dr Ingrid Hanson. You can now watch a recording of the talk for a limited time. \n \nIn Mary Barton\, Margaret’s grandfather Job Legh has been out ‘moss-hunting’\, Margaret tells Mary\, and the elderly Alice\, reminiscing about her countryside youth\, says to the girls: \n\n‘Eh\, lasses! ye don’t know what rocks are in Manchester! Gray pieces o’ stone as large as a house\, all covered over wi’ moss of different colours\, some yellow\, some brown’. \n\nThe poetic extract from Ebenezer Elliott that prefaces Chapter Five further suggests the variety of both kind and quality in mosses: \n‘Nor wild-flower decked the rock\, nor moss the well\,\nBut he its name and qualities could tell.’ \nChat Moss\, Moss Brow\, moss to keep a bouquet of flowers fresh\, moss as decoration\, moss marking graves: all these and more appear in Gaskell’s work\, even as water-retaining moss bogs were being drained for building or farming in Manchester\, and working-class botanists like Job Legh were finding\, naming and discussing their local mosses. \nJust a little later\, from the 1860s onwards\, Manchester Museum began to receive and catalogue mosses from across the country and the world\, as part of its extensive herbarium. In this talk Ingrid Hanson discusses the role of mosses – of which there are around 1\,000 varieties (some yellow\, some brown\, some green\, some red) in Britain today – in Gaskell’s Manchester and Gaskell’s work\, tracing out some of the histories of the mossy names\, places and characteristics that would have been familiar to Gaskell and her characters and that are so vital to our climate-changed world today. \nDr Ingrid Hanson is a lecturer in English literature at the University of Manchester\, author of William Morris and the Uses of Violence (2014) and editor of William Morris: Selected Works (OUP 2024). She has published work on literature of violence\, peace (including in relation to Gaskell)\, mourning\, masculinities\, socialism and utopia\, and is currently working on a book about peace and protest as well as an interdisciplinary\, collaborative project on the politics\, aesthetics and histories of urban moss. She has a passion for moss and lichen and has recently discovered the joys of a hand lens. \nPicture: Bob Blaylock\, CC BY-SA 4.0 \, via Wikimedia Commons \nA recording of this talk is now available. Use the link below to book your place. Sales close on 15 October 2024 and you can access the talk until 11.59pm on 21 October 2024.   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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T111227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T111227Z UID:6389-1727895600-1727900100@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot – Wives and Daughters V Middlemarch DESCRIPTION:Two giants of Victorian literature\, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot were very different in almost every way. George Eliot was private and intellectual while Elizabeth was outgoing\, gossipy and deeply shocked by the scandal of her fellow writer’s personal life. So how did these differences affect their work? How did they approach similar themes such as provincial life\, women’s education\, humorous characters and the inner life? \n\n\nWhat are the similarities (and differences) in novels such as Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters and George Eliot’s Middlemarch? And what did each author really think of the other? \n\n\nJoin Dr Diane Duffy and Professor Ruth Livesey for a closer look at two unique writers and their literary masterpieces. \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House  as part of their Wives and Daughters season and in partnership with The George Eliot Fellowship. 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:20241001T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241001T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T102109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T091334Z UID:6365-1727787600-1727794800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Edmund Potter: MP\, FRS\, Calico Printer and Philanthropist DESCRIPTION:Edmund Potter is probably most famous for being the grandfather of the author\, Beatrix Potter\, but he had an illustrious career of his own. Edmund was a Calico Printer who owned a calico print works at Dinting Vale\, near Glossop\, Derbyshire\, that was once the largest calico printing factory in the world. \nKate Raine will share her research in a brief survey of Edmund’s life. The talk will look at his role in the great institutions\, society and politics in Manchester and the Dinting Vale Print Works. \nEdmund was  a lifelong friend of William Gaskell and the talk will look at the connections between the two families. \nKate Raine is an Archivist and a Director of Glossop Heritage Trust. She started researching the life of Edmund Potter and the Dinting Vale Print Works\, as part of her work for the Trust. \nOur Manchester meetings take place in Cross Street Chapel on the first Tuesday of the month\, October-March (exc January). Everyone is most welcome to come along\, members and non-members alike. Doors open at 1pm (feel free to bring a packed lunch) and the talk will begin at 1.30pm. \nTickets are £5 for members\, £6 for non-members. Simply pay on the door\, or use the link below (no booking fee). \nWe’ll make a recording of this talk available to ticket holders for viewing after the event (we’re sorry we can’t live stream for acoustic reasons).  Book online\, or give us your email address at the meeting and we’ll make sure we send you the necessary link.  URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/edmund-potter/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240918T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 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:Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell are two of the nation’s best-loved authors. Rightly lauded for their classic works\, they are often depicted as writing about marriage and the narrow social confines of women’s lives. Now\, we look at them afresh as we explore the ‘domestic novel’ of the 19th century. Many Georgian and Victorian stories focused on the life of girls from the gentry\, or middle-classes\, and the minutiae of their daily lives. \n\n\nAusten’s classic novel Mansfield Park tells the story of Fanny Price who lives on the edge of family life with her richer relatives\, trying to navigate love and loneliness. Elizabeth Gaskell’s last novel Wives and Daughtersshows the coming of age of heroine Molly Gibson in a small English country town. \n\n\nBoth girls are central characters\, observant of the people around them and recognised by others for their goodness. But reading between the lines\, what hints does each author give us about domestic life? What do they have to say about women’s lives? And do they support or challenge the status quo? \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House  in partnership with Jane Austen’s House. Part of Wives and Daughters season and to celebrate the 210th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T110606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T110606Z UID:6385-1725476400-1725480000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Charles Darwin – Literary Science in Wives and Daughters DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel Wives and Daughters explores the Victorian interest in science and logic through the character of Roger Hamley and the gentleman scientist Lord Hollingford. Roger was heavily based on the famous evolutionary scientist\, and author of The Origin of the Species\, Charles Darwin. Wives and Daughters was Darwin’s favourite novel and he had it re-read to him on his deathbed. Discover how Elizabeth’s knowledge of the public debates around science influenced her story-telling in her last literary masterpiece. With speaker Gordon Chancellor. \n“If I had my life to live over again\, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.” Charles Darwin \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T105602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T105602Z UID:6379-1720638000-1720641600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:As Seen on Screen - Costume in TV Adaptations DESCRIPTION:Join Curator Elinor Camille-Wood as she takes you on a riotous journey through the fabulously outrageous fashions of the 1830s\, the time Elizabeth Gaskell set her novel\, Wives and Daughters. Discover what the characters would have worn from large sleeves to intricate hairstyles in a period of flamboyant ladies and fashionable gentleman.\nThe talk will include a discussion about the costumes worn in the 1999 BBC adaptation of Wives and Daughters and other notable on screen dramas such as BBC’s Gentleman Jack\, Pride and Prejudice and Poldark. \nHosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.  All ticket income goes to support the House. 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:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240606T105941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T105941Z UID:6381-1719428400-1719433800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Villette V Ruth: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Brontë is a giant of Victorian literature and the much-loved author of the classic Jane Eyre\, but what of her last novel to be published during her lifetime\, Villette\, about the passion and pain of unrequited love? \nBrontë’s semi-autobiographical book Villette tells the story of Lucy Snowe as she flees England for a Belgian boarding school. Her tale of heartache and adversity contrasts with that of Ruth\, a novel about an unmarried mother written by Charlotte’s friend Elizabeth Gaskell. Ruth shocked contemporary readers and exposed the hypocrisy of Victorian sexual double-standards. It has been recognised as the first novel to make a ‘fallen woman’ the heroine and caused huge controversy for its author. This special partnership event explores the historical reality behind these two iconic women writers and the sexual status of women in Victorian life. \nEnjoy an online evening with like-minded people and join us as we delve into the original novels. There’s even the opportunity to see a first edition of both Villette and Ruth live from the Portico Library in Manchester. \nThis event will include three speakers and Q&A session: \n\nAndrew Stodolny (Learning Officer at Brontë Parsonage Museum)\nDr Emma Liggins (Co-Director of Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University)\nDr Debbie Challis (Creative Producer at The Portico).\n\nA partnership event with Elizabeth Gaskell’s House\, the Brontë Parsonage Museum\, The Portico and Manchester Metropolitan University. 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:20260424T091508 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:Molly is the moral heart of classic novel Wives and Daughters but it is her flawed step-sister Cynthia who may appeal to readers more. The two girls are a study in comparisons. Molly is concerned with goodness while Cynthia’s relationship with her ghastly mother Mrs Gibson echoes that of Lizzy and Mrs Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. \nElizabeth Gaskell’s final novel is a masterpiece of character observation. She shows the two women in their full complexity\, using humour and poignancy. \nNow Sherry Ashworth compares and contrasts these two unique characters written by Elizabeth at the height of her literary powers. Join like-minded literary fans as we find out more about two central characters from Wives and Daughters. \nThis event is hosted by our good friends at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. 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:20240606T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240606T133000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20240522T123218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240522T123218Z UID:6263-1717668000-1717680600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Exploring the Brontë Sisters in the Vicarage DESCRIPTION:Our friend\, Professor Deborah Wynne\, is hosting a study day at the University of Chester\, focusing on the work of Charlotte\, Emily and Anne Brontë. There will be a reading group discussion as part of the event \n10:00am: Arrival and welcome \n10:15am: Alison Newbold on the work of Emily Brontë \n10:35am: Professor Melissa Fegan on the work of Charlotte Brontë \n10:55am: Professor Deborah Wynne on the work of Anne Brontë \n11:15am: Questions \n11:30am: Break \n11:50am: Group discussion of the work of the Brontë sisters \n1:00pm: Closing remarks. \nThis study day will take place in CVC008 in the Vicarage. \nPlease feel free to bring lunch with you to eat in the Vicarage or in one of the Vicarage Garden spaces. Please email Professor Deborah Wynne –  d.wynne@chester.ac.uk – to book a place\, or for any queries. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/exploring-the-bronte-sisters-in-the-vicarage/ LOCATION:The Vicarage\, Parkgate Road\, Chester\, CH1 4BJ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:study day,talk ORGANIZER;CN="University of Chester":MAILTO:d.wynne@chester.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240305T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240305T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20230530T102532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T102820Z UID:4609-1709643600-1709650800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Elizabeth Gaskell in the Digital World DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome Jessica Smith\, Creative Arts Archivist at the John Ryland Research Institute and Library. \nAs you may know\, the John Rylands Library holds a collection of Elizabeth Gaskell’s printed works and letters. They hold the original manuscripts for ‘The Grey Woman’\, Wives and Daughters\, The Life of Charlotte Brontë and ‘The Crooked Branch. They also hold letters sent to Gaskell by Charles Dickens. Jessica\, the guardian of these wonderful treasures\, will talk about the Gaskell archive\, touching on content\, catalogues\, digitisation and accruals\, and also the collection’s potential for digital scholarship and visualisation. \nThe talk begins at 1.30pm. We’ll make a recording available for ticketholders to view after the event. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-march-2024/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240206T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20230530T102351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231210T095834Z UID:4607-1707224400-1707231600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:The Victorian House: Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Context DESCRIPTION:Is Elizabeth Gaskell’s House a ‘typical’ Victorian house?  Surely houses changed a lot over Victoria’s 63-year-long reign?\nAnthony Burton examines various aspects of Victorian domestic architecture\, in order to show how Elizabeth Gaskell’s House fits in.\n\nDoors open at 1pm and the talk begins at 1.30pm. \nWe’ll make a recording available for online viewing after the event. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-february-2024/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:history,Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091508 CREATED:20230526T105415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T105604Z UID:4579-1702494000-1702497600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Victorian Christmas in Elizabeth Gaskell's Manchester DESCRIPTION:At the start of Queen Victoria’s reign\, Christmas meant little to commercial Manchester but during the 1840s-1860s the city came to share in an upsurge of enthusiasm for the festive season. Elizabeth Gaskell’s Manchester saw a boom in the Christmas trade in food\, wine and gifts\, the expansion of seasonal entertainments like pantomime and the revival of old customs. Even the Mechanics Institution sponsored a series of pageants involving wassail bowls and boars’ heads. And if Christmas was a time to remember the poor\, that certainly hit home in the city. \nSo get your mince pies ready\, pull up your favourite chair\, and join us online for a cosy Christmassy evening with the Gaskell Society’s Anthony Burton. \nThe talk will be approx 45 mins long\, with time for a short question session afterwards. 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:20231205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230530T101952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T155945Z UID:4605-1701781200-1701788400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Gaskell and the Fairy Tale DESCRIPTION: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 ghostly\, operates in a world of magic realism\, its conventions straddling two worlds in which the supernatural is accepted as normal in an apparently realistic setting.  Like the Gothic and the ghostly\, the fairy tale offered Gaskell the opportunity to explore the transgressive and the strange.  Within the genre of the fairy tale\, the supernatural can be both disruptive and violent and\, like the Gothic\, its conventions came to be used by women writers\, as well as Gaskell\, as a way of expressing repressed anger.  The weird and the uncanny breaking into the world of the everyday enables Gaskell to unlock and address instability\, conflict and guilt as well as to critique social conventions. \nCarolyn Lambert is an independent scholar.  She was awarded her doctorate by the University of Sussex in 2013.  Publications include The Meanings of Home in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Fiction (Victorian Secrets: 2013)\, For Better\, For Worse: Marriage in Victorian Novels by Women (Routledge: 2018)\, co-edited with Marion Shaw\, Frances Trollope\, (Edward Everett Root: 2020) and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Smaller Stories (Palgrave Macmillan: 2022).  Carolyn is currently Letters Recorder for the Gaskell Society. \nThe talk begins at 1.30pm. We’ll have tea\, coffee and mince pies to share! \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-december-2023/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230526T105210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T105628Z UID:4577-1701284400-1701288000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Event: North and South – The Preston Lockouts Anniversary DESCRIPTION:2023 marks the 170th anniversary of the Preston Lockouts – the historical strikes that informed the plot and themes of Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic romantic novel North and South and provided inspiration for Charles Dickens in Hard Times. When workers demanded a 10% wage increase in Preston in 1853\, the factory owners simply locked the gates and left 18\,000 people out of work. So\, what really happened during the lock outs? Are characters like Mr Thornton and Higgins based on real people? And what was the impact of these events\, both for the strikers themselves and for wider Victorian industrial relations? Popular speaker Prof Michael Sanders from Manchester University explores the reality behind the strikes which inspired these groundbreaking ‘condition of England’ novels. \nThe talk will be approx 45 mins long\, with time for a short question session afterwards 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T124500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230425T155834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T155846Z UID:4413-1699706700-1699718400@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Can we Devise a Gaskell Brand? - with Anthony Burton DESCRIPTION:As anyone who has attended Gaskell Society conferences\, or joined any of the Gaskell House’s online events\, will know\, Anthony has a vast and wide-ranging amount of knowledge about Elizabeth Gaskell\, her life\, times and contemporaries. He will use Gaskell\, Dickens\, Austen and the Brontës to look at how writers have been promoted (or promoted themselves) during their lifetimes and beyond. As well as the texts themselves\, film and TV adaptations\, literary societies\, and places associated with the authors all form part of their “brand”. Can we devise a Gaskell ‘brand’ which could compete in the literary heritage industry with those of Austen\, the Brontës and Dickens? \nThe meeting will take place at Francis Holland School\, 39 Graham Terrace\, London SW1W 8JF. Doors open at 12.45 – do bring a packed lunch to eat before the talk starts at 2.00 pm. Tea and coffee will be available afterwards and contributions of cake\, etc\, to go with these are very welcome! \nAll are welcome\, both members and non-members. We ask for a £5 donation to cover our expenses. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/gaskell-brand-london/ LOCATION:Francis Holland School\, 39 Graham Terrace\, London\, SW1W 8JF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:London & SE,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society - London & SE Branch":MAILTO:jennykeaveney@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T191500 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20231023T132936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T133010Z UID:4866-1699464600-1699470900@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:How Manchester Made Shakespeare Modern - Rosa Grindon\, the Suffragist Shakespearean Scholar DESCRIPTION:Dr Ian Nickson (Shakespeare Institute\, University of Birmingham) and Dr. Monika Smialkowska (Northumbria University) will talk about the largely overlooked career of Rosa Grindon. They will chart her journey from modest beginnings in a Derbyshire village to becoming a leading figure in literary and theatrical circles in Manchester\, a ground-breaking Shakespearean scholar and\, as a Suffragist\, an outspoken champion of women’s rights. For example\, her response to women being forbidden membership of some of the city’s societies was to resurrect Lydia Becker’s Manchester Ladies’ Literary Society\, to which she invited the leading Shakespearean actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry to speak. \n\n\nGrindon was a bold and innovative scholar who challenged the largely male-dominated interpretations of female figures in Shakespeare’s plays and pioneered theatrical outreach by delivering lectures in association with Richard Flanagan’s Shakespearean revivals at the Queen’s and New Theatres. Such was her standing that she was the first woman to be invited to speak at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-in-Avon. Later\, she led the preparations for Manchester’s Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebrations in 1916 and funded the Shakespeare Window in the Central Library via a bequest in her Will.\n\nDr Nickson will first provide a brief overview of the other six personalities who were involved in Manchester’s role in making Shakespeare modern – John Knowles\, George Dawson\, Charles Calvert\, Henry Irving\, Alfred Darbyshire\, Bishop James Fraser – followed by an account of Rosa’s career before 1900.  Dr Smialkowska will then describe Rosa’s post-1900 career.\n\nThe event will take place in the Central Library’s Performance Space on the ground floor. Doors will open at 17.30 to allow viewing of items from the archive. The presentation will start at 18.00 and finish at 19.00 with 15 minutes Q&A to follow.\n\nAdmission is free and tickets can be obtained using the link below URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/rosa-grindon/ LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD CATEGORIES:talk,women ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rosa-Grindon.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230530T101705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T170514Z UID:4603-1699362000-1699369200@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Elizabeth Gaskell in the Train and on the Omnibus DESCRIPTION: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 travel. \nAnthony was intrigued by paintings featuring railway stations and omnibuses in the Dining Room at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.  He has explored the background of these paintings and their artists:  a quest which took him to the Wild West\, and involved firework spectacles.  He went on to investigate how trains and omnibuses played a part in the life of Elizabeth Gaskell\, and how she featured them in her works. \nAfter degrees in English literature\, Anthony worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, specialising in the visual and literary culture of the Victorian period. \nHis talk begins at 1.30pm. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-november-2023/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230526T100540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T100540Z UID:4569-1698260400-1698264000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Ann Radcliffe and the Female Gothic DESCRIPTION:Ann Radcliffe and the Female Gothic – ‘A genius of no common stamp’\nGet ready for a spooky night of literature as we celebrate the bicentenary of Ann Radcliffe\, the ‘mighty magician’ of horror and the gothic. Once the highest paid author of the 1790s\, Radcliffe’s most famous works include The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho. Her writing was lauded by Walter Scott and influenced generations of women writers including Mary Wollstonecraft\, Jane Austen\, the Brontës\, Charlotte Perkin Gilmore and Daphne Du Maurier. But beyond the crumbling castles and scary supernatural scenes\, what does Radcliffe have to say about women\, marriage and maternity? Join Gaskell Society Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy\, for all the answers and more in this terrifying talk. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/online-talk-ann-radcliffe-and-the-female-gothic/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:talk,women ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230526T100224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T100250Z UID:4567-1696446000-1696449600@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Song of the Shirt DESCRIPTION:With fingers weary and worn\, \nWith eyelids heavy and red\, \nA woman sat in unwomanly rags\, \nPlying her needle and thread— \nStitch! stitch! stitch! \nThomas Hood wrote the famous poem The Song of the Shirt (1843)\, in response to a newspaper report about a widow and seamstress named Mrs Biddell who was forced\, like many seamstresses of her day\, to work for a pittance on which she could barely survive. So how can the poem help us better understand Elizabeth Gaskell’s popular novel Mary Barton? Victorian public opinion was both shocked and titillated by reports that seamstresses might be forced into prostitution by poverty. How were these concerns reflected in contemporary literature? Dr Ingrid Hanson looks at the figure of the seamstress\, the reality of destitution and Victorian sexual politics in this insightful talk. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/song-of-the-shirt/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:history,Mary Barton,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230530T084651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T113331Z UID:4589-1696338000-1696345200@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Domestic Mental Cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Works DESCRIPTION: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 culture for their complicity in the abuse of women in spousal relationships. \nKathleen completed her undergraduate and MA degrees in English Literature at the University of York and is currently a PhD candidate at Anglia Ruskin University\, UK. Her thesis concerns the representation of domestic cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell’s writings\, focusing on familial psychological violence in the context of contemporaneous legal and social debates concerning domestic abuse\, marriage\, and the family. \nThe talk begins at 1.30pm. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/domestic-cruelty/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230526T095946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T100106Z UID:4564-1695841200-1695844800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Mary Barton and the Year of Revolutions DESCRIPTION:Mary Barton and the Year of Revolutions: ‘John Barton became a Chartist\, a Communist’\nElizabeth Gaskell’s debut novel Mary Barton (1848) is recognised as one of the most important Victorian works to explore the working class Chartist movement\, in this case through the character of Mary’s father\, John Barton. Popular speaker Prof Mike Sanders is back to reveal the historical truth behind the story\, published just three years after Engels’ Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) and amidst rumours of revolution. Perfect for anyone who wants to explore the context of this classic novel including the reality of Manchester and the ‘hungry forties’. \nPart of Mary Barton season URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/mary-barton-revolutions/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:history,Mary Barton,talk ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230920T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230920T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230526T095514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230526T095514Z UID:4562-1695236400-1695240000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Online Talk: Bad Women DESCRIPTION:‘Revenge may be wicked\, but it’s perfectly natural.’ Becky Sharpe\, Vanity Fair\, 1847 \nThe stereotype of the Victorian woman is that of a domestic angel\, pure\, innocent and a helpmate to her husband. But the women in this talk challenge that with a vengeance! Enjoy a look at the dark side with the bad women of Vanity Fair\, Mary Barton\, Little Dorrit\, Daniel Deronda and many more. Join Sherry Ashworth for a look at how the worst women in literature shock society and defy convention to make their own way in the world. Not to be missed! \nThe discussion will be approx 45 mins long\, with time for a short question session afterwards. URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/bad-women/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Discussion,literature,talk,women ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Gaskell's House":MAILTO:enquiries@elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230916T124500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230916T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T091509 CREATED:20230425T155635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T155635Z UID:4411-1694868300-1694880000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Mrs Gaskell's Personal Pantheon - with Bob Gamble DESCRIPTION:Bob’s book of this title appeared in August 2020 and highlights connections between Unitarian communities across England by following the life and times of Elizabeth Gaskell’s dear friend\, Janetta Bishop Mitchell. Janetta’s closeness to the Reverend William Turner of Newcastle upon Tyne emphasises why a correct identification of ‘Miss Mitchell’ is significant to Gaskell biography. This talk has been planned for a long time and had to be cancelled previously due to the pandemic so we are very pleased to be able to hear it at last. \nThe meeting will take place at Francis Holland School\, 39 Graham Terrace\, London SW1W 8JF. Doors open at 12.45 – do bring a packed lunch to eat before the talk starts at 2.00 pm. Tea and coffee will be available afterwards and contributions of cake\, etc\, to go with these are very welcome! \nAll are welcome\, both members and non-members. We ask for a £5 donation to cover our expenses. \nPlease note that this meeting takes place on the THIRD Saturday\, rather than our usual second Saturday! URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/bob-gamble/ LOCATION:Francis Holland School\, 39 Graham Terrace\, London\, SW1W 8JF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:London & SE,talk,Unitarianism ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society - London & SE Branch":MAILTO:jennykeaveney@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR