Meet Mellt the Storyteller

30 October 2024

Meet Mellt the Storyteller

Mellt the Storyteller will bring us Tales for Midwinter and the Festive Season on Saturday 7th December from 3pm-5pm. There has already been high demand for tickets, but who is Mellt, teller of tales?

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Seeking a spirituality for the environmental crisis

21 August 2024

Seeking a spirituality for the environmental crisis

Seeking a spirituality for the environmental crisis – an article by Andy Lord, recipient of the Canon Denys Ruddy Memorial Scholarship

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Gladstone’s Doctors

19 August 2024

Gladstone’s Doctors

If one walks past the statue towards Gladstone’s Library, one may observe four other sculptures placed in niches around its frontage. These commemorate Gladstone’s four ‘doctors’ – the writers he singled out as the intellectual mentors who guided his thought throughout his life.

An article by Jonathan Hopson

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Finding Your Author Voice - an interview with author Sarah Smith

28 June 2024

Finding Your Author Voice - an interview with author Sarah Smith

“I’ve always written. I loved English at school, read widely and I went to University to study English in the mid-1980s. I originally trained as an English teacher but through a series of life events I fell into working for a range of projects which were all about supporting Disabled people moving into education and employment.” – author Sarah Smith (Hear No Evil) on finding her authorial voice.

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How to Get the Most From Gladstone’s Library

25 June 2024

How to Get the Most From Gladstone’s Library

“Here is my highly opinionated guide on how to get the most from Gladstone’s Library, in big ways and small.” – by Dan Kaszeta, author of Toxic

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#Engage with Gladstone's Library

20 June 2024

#Engage with Gladstone's Library

Our Engagement and Learning Officers have been in post for a little less than a month and they are already hard at work. Now the dust has settled following their arrival, we thought it was time to catch up with them about their project.

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Studying the True Path at Gladstone's Library

17 May 2024

Studying the True Path at Gladstone's Library

“The service that Gladstone’s Library offers to seekers of knowledge puts it in the legacy of the Bayt al-Hikmah and other similar illustrious spaces of learning that existed throughout history.” – Imran Visram, recipient of the Vera Stantan Scholarship

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Getting to Know Our Guests

15 March 2024

Getting to Know Our Guests

The puzzle is progressing, though Dan describes the Demotic section as ‘tetchy’.

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The Ambassador and the Guardian Angel

23 November 2023

The Ambassador and the Guardian Angel

I said hello to Lilly the dog, whose eyes closed in contentment as I gave her sweet face a pet. “It’s so nice to see you again,” I said, and I meant it.

Author N West Moss offers a slice of Hawarden life, after spending a month in the community

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Shakespeare and Gladstone's Library - Four Hundred Years on from the First Folio

21 November 2023

Shakespeare and Gladstone's Library - Four Hundred Years on from the First Folio

Shakespeare and Gladstone’s Library – Four Hundred Years on from the First Folio Picture a November in 1623. Two actors, John Heminges and Henry…