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Author: Gaby Weiner

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Martineau Society Conference 2017

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:January 26, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

This year we shall be going to Hull, a place which doesn’t have any direct Martineau connections, but which does have a fascinating eighteenth and nineteenth-century history, and important links with…

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Harriet Martineau; ‘Hero’ of History

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:November 15, 2016
  • Post category:Blog

If you want a quick overview of Harriet Martineau's life and achievements, this website might do the trick, and you can vote for her to be counted as one of…

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Terrific new play about Harriet Martineau

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:November 15, 2016
  • Post category:Blog

Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing: Newcastle's Live Theatre (12 November 2016) For Observer and Times Reviews (thanks to Geraldine Locise for sending them in), please click here and here A few of us from…

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Radio 4 Programme on Harriet Martineau

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:September 27, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Martineau Society member, (prof) Valerie Sanders  appeared on Melvyn Braggs'  Radio 4 programme In Our Time on 8th December 2016 to take part in a discussion about Harriet Martineau. To listen…

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Dogs and Society: new book by Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Hill

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:September 27, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Hill have edited a small book  "Dogs and Society" that includes Harriet Martineau's essay on dogs.  The book is available as a free download from Zea…

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Through the Looking Glass: Life in Chance’s Glassworks

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 1, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Click here for a new paper on a visit by Harriet Martineau to Chance's Glassworks in Smethwick in 1852, by Tom Gidlow, currently a postgraduate student inPublic Humanities at the…

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Some views on the 2016 Martineau Society annual meeting

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:July 30, 2016
  • Post category:Blog

I have just returned from the annual meeting of the Martineau Society, held this year at the Eaton Hotel in Birmingham.  As well as the usual set of interesting papers…

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News & Events

  • Martineau Society conference 2025, Tynemouth, North Tyneside, UK: Details and registration
  • New Editions of Harriet Martineau’s Novels
  • Fiftieth Issue of the Martineau Society Journal
  • David Hamilton, Francis Beaufort and Harriet Martineau
  • Harriet Martineau in DNA Journey
  • Public Event Exploring Harriet Martineau’s USA

Blog Entries

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  • Harriet Martineau and her deafness: Blog by Valerie Doulton
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  • Harriet Martineau: A real two-pair-of-eyes-perspective
    September 18, 2018/
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