Three women have been chosen for the role at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Manchester precisely because they "didn't know her". In the quest to appeal to a new audience, the museum's director Sally ...

Elizabeth Gaskell championed social issues in Victorian society by highlighting the injustices faced by women and the working class, particularly factory workers. In Mary Barton (1848), she ...

Georgia Affonso, Princess Arinola Adegbite and Guruleen Kahlo, who are all connected to Manchester through their life, education and creative work, will be exploring not only Elizabeth Gaskell ...

Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1853 episodic novel Cranford does something similar minus the cattiness or malicious intent. It takes us ...

Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants. Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants. Mrs Gaskell’s much ...

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