ANNUAL MARTINEAU SOCIETY MEETING 2025 Dates: 22-25th June 2025 Venue: Grand Hotel Tynemouth Address: Grand Parade, Tynemouth, NE30 4ER Website: https://www.grandhoteltynemouth.co.uk Tourist Website: https://www.visitnorthtyneside.com/destinations/destination/tynemouth/ Accessibility: Wheelchair access Registration: from 5pm on Sunday…
Hot off the press! Oxford University Press has commissioned new editions of Harriet Martineau’s two novels, Deerbrook (1839) and The Hour and the Man (1841), for its World’s Classics Series.…
'Amazingly. this is our 50th issue of the Martineau Society Journal (if you include all the previous numbers called Martineau Society Newsletter).(...)' 'While we can contribute this (i.e. a shift…
The ITV programme DNA Journey with Ancestry features one of Harriet Martineau's descriptions of Ambleside. The quotes are set in the context of Ricky Tomlinson's Lake District connection and his…
Two of our members, Stuart Hobday and Gaby Weiner, are giving a talk about Harriet Martineau in Norwich at 3pm on October 24th 2024 in The Forum Library in Norwich.…
This year’s annual conference is very soon - here is a video from last year. https://vimeo.com/959666091
Dates: 24-27th June 2024 Venue: Westgate Chapel, Lewes. Address: 92a High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 IXH Website: https://westgatechapel.weebly.com Accessibility: Wheelchair access Conference: from 4pm on Monday 24th June Organisers:…
Harriet Martineau has at last become mainstream. In her recent book entitled The Women Who Made Modern Economics, UK Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, identifies Harriet Martineau as a key person…
This book co-authored by Martineau Society members Stuart Hobday and Gaby Weiner has been recently published by Routledge. It makes the argument that Martineau was an early sociologist who set…
The Martineau Society has organised a public event which is open to all who would like to find out more about Harriet Martineau. Featuring readings and discussion, it will be…