WORKING TO A RHYTHM and FINDING EDWIN by Vanessa Gebbie

20 September 2013

WORKING TO A RHYTHM and FINDING EDWIN by Vanessa Gebbie

Vanessa Gebbie, Writer-in-Residence at Gladstone’s Library, explains how in finding a seat in which to work she found inspiration.

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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Muriel Maufroy

17 September 2013

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Muriel Maufroy

Muriel Maufroy draws contemporary parallels from Amin Maalouf’s engaging historical study.

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BREAKFAST WITH WENDY COPE or GLADFEST! By Vanessa Gebbie

11 September 2013

BREAKFAST WITH WENDY COPE or GLADFEST! By Vanessa Gebbie

Writer-in-residence Vanessa Gebbie talks about her experience at GladFest and her time at the Library.

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A Week of Welsh before my Gladstones Library residency by Vanessa Gebbie

3 September 2013

A Week of Welsh before my Gladstones Library residency by Vanessa Gebbie

Not content with a whole month in this lovely place, I decided to have a week here busily engaged in learning Welsh, before my residency officially began. Thus it was that the intrepid Mr Gebbie and I

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On Liberties: Victorian Liberals and their legacies by Alex Middleton

21 August 2013

On Liberties: Victorian Liberals and their legacies by Alex Middleton

The first weekend of July saw an eclectic mix of doctoral students, early career scholars, and permanent post holders, from a range of institutions across the UK and the USA, converge on Gladstones Library…

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A 'Queen of the Left Hand of England' by Muriel Maufroy

6 August 2013

A 'Queen of the Left Hand of England' by Muriel Maufroy

You never know what you might discover when looking through the shelves of Gladstones Library. In the room which contains the whole collection of the books Gladstone originally donated over 30,000 v

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What Do You Do There? A Day in the Life at Gladstones Library by Greg Garrett

26 July 2013

What Do You Do There? A Day in the Life at Gladstones Library by Greg Garrett

Greg Garrett writes about his current stay at Gladstone’s Library, what the library means to him, why he keeps coming back, and what he does here!

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Professor A.C. Grayling Founders Day Lecture

24 July 2013

Professor A.C. Grayling Founders Day Lecture

Gladstones Library welcomed Professor A.C. Grayling to the Library as part of its Founders Day celebrations this month. As part of the days events he gave a lecture on The necessity of a liberal education…

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Five Years in a Protestant Sisterhood & Ten Years in a Catholic Convent by Muriel Maufroy

10 July 2013

Five Years in a Protestant Sisterhood & Ten Years in a Catholic Convent by Muriel Maufroy

The title is certainly intriguing. Intriguing too is the fact that Gladstone clearly read this autobiography (the author remains anonymous) carefully, as attested by his many pencil written annotations.

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The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors by Muriel Maufroy

9 July 2013

The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors by Muriel Maufroy

There is no way to come to terms with the Holocaust, but how it would have affected the faith or the lack of faith…