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David Hamilton, Francis Beaufort and Harriet Martineau

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:November 20, 2024
  • Post category:Blog

Martineau Society member, David Hamilton, writes: I recently came across an anomaly in Harriet Martineau’s Biographical Sketches (1876 edition).   As part of her journalistic endeavours, Harriet wrote a series of…

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Harriet Martineau and her deafness: Blog by Valerie Doulton

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 14, 2023
  • Post category:Blog

For Valerie Doulton's blog post  for the Public Disability History Blog on Harriet and her deafness, please click here

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Harriet Martineau: A real two-pair-of-eyes-perspective

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:September 18, 2018
  • Post category:Blog

Please click here for a short article on Harriet Martineau by new member Ellie Smolenaars, which appeared  in September, 2018, in the print edition of the Dutch Sociologie Magazine. We hope it is of interest…

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Reflections on the 2017 meeting in Hull

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 4, 2017
  • Post category:Blog

David Hamilton We couldn't initially find the conference hotel in Hull since it has repeatedly changed its identity. Known locally as the 'Station' Hotel, it was part of the Mercure…

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Will the Real Miss Holt Please Step Forward.

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 2, 2017
  • Post category:Blog

Despite always having lived on Merseyside, I’m embarrassed to admit that I only visited Sudley House in South Liverpool, for the first time this year. Sudley House and its picture…

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The Martineau home in Toxteth Park, Liverpool

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:June 23, 2017
  • Post category:Blog

For a post from Glen Huntley who has written about the Martineau home in Toxteth Park, please click here

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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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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

  • David Hamilton, Francis Beaufort and Harriet Martineau
    November 20, 2024/
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  • Harriet Martineau and her deafness: Blog by Valerie Doulton
    August 14, 2023/
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  • Harriet Martineau: A real two-pair-of-eyes-perspective
    September 18, 2018/
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