Here's what we know about Anne Lister, the inspiration for HBO's new show Gentleman Jack. Matt Squire/HBO Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) seduces Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) in Gentleman Jack.

The real Anne Lister (nicknamed “Gentleman Jack” for her demeanor and love of black suits) was a prolific writer who left behind many, many diaries detailing her life that have proved to be ...

In 1832, Anne Lister knew that if the wrong pair of eyes ... decided to turn Lister’s story into a TV show — “Gentleman Jack” will premiere on Monday on HBO. It gets its title from ...

Anne Lister was one of the 19th century's most ... Due in part to her rather masculine fashion sense, Lister was nicknamed “Gentleman Jack.” Which also happens to be the title of a new HBO ...

Gentleman Jack's lesbian love story of Anne Lister and Ann Walker is a true tale centuries ahead of its time. And to think we would have never known the reality if it wasn't for Lister's love of a ...

Tourists from more than 20 countries were among those who descended on Halifax for this year’s Anne Lister Birthday Festival.

Suranne Jones gives a performance worthy of Anne Lister's legacy, while the rest of "Gentleman Jack" endeavors to keep up. At the very end of “Gentleman Jack‘s” first episode, the eponymous ...

As Northern Ballet's first large-scale commission since 2021 and the first under Artistic Director Federico Bonelli, ...

That’s Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax, for you – landowner, industrialist, mountaineer, writer, lover of women – as portrayed in Gentleman Jack. She lived two and a half centuries ago.

Gentleman Jack (one hour) premieres Monday at 10 p.m. on HBO. It’s not easy to describe a character as intensely original as Anne Lister, the gender nonconforming (the everything nonconforming ...

The 19-year-old said she decided to dress full-time in Victorian clothing after watching the BBC show Gentleman Jack ... prominent 19th Century lesbian Anne Lister. The University of Portsmouth ...