by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 04th July 2024
We are inviting researchers and writers to apply to stay at our Library as part of a series of scholarship schemes.
Applications are open for 20 scholarships at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, North Wales.
Successful applicants will spend up to two weeks here, and make use of our three Reading Rooms, thousands of books and archival collections items, and our on-site restaurant, in 2025.
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 05th January 2024
"It was a pleasure to meet Mr Drakeford and talk to him about the archives and the special collections here, about the Library as it is today and about its future."
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 10th September 2021
Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we've been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.
by Rhian Waller | Sunday, 01st August 2021
“We cannot wait to show you the improvements we have made and welcome you back.”
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 27th May 2021
Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we've been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.
by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 19th May 2021
Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we've been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 25th February 2021
Our wildly successful fundraiser extended by popular demand.
by Rhian Waller | Saturday, 03rd October 2020
Writing this is like reaching out to friends you haven't seen in a long time...
by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 10th December 2019
Early sepia-drenched photographs of Gladstone’s Library I have seen are curious. They are strange portals into a familiar but unfamiliar world. They can also be a bit like dusty moths, lifeless and flattened in the pages of history. I wanted to (amateurly) try and put a bit of colour in one.
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by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 27th June 2019
Help us make the Gladfest Fringe the best it can be. Share your passions and get the community thinking together!
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 29th March 2019
While researching for this blog, I found myself on all manner of websites, from the Telegraph to Clarion Review, and the websites of both Cadbury and Godiva.
by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 12th March 2019
After a certain age your body lets you know that sitting for hours at a desk requires a degree of physical fitness. Via carpal tunnel, twanging hamstrings or a classic 'bad back', you discover that you are not, in fact, capable of eight hours on what the Germans call your 'sitzfleisch' or 'seat meat'.
by Rhian Waller | Friday, 18th May 2018
Over a long day confined to a desk a mind can wander great distances. But bodies need exercise too. To this end, every evening before dinner – or sometimes after – I’ve been stepping into the dappled light for a walk or a jog through the Bilberry Woods, on the edge of the Hawarden Estate.
by Gladstones Library | Tuesday, 06th June 2017
There are just 24 hours remaining to secure your stall at the Gladfest Market Place. This is the hub of independent traders, businesses, arts and crafts which takes pride of place on the back lawn of Gladstone’s Library at our Gladfest literary festival on Saturday, 2nd and Sunday, 3rd September.
by Gladstones Library | Wednesday, 26th April 2017
We are delighted to begin accepting expressions of interest from artists, crafters, designers and makers who want to participate in our fantastic Gladfest Market Place over the Gladfest weekend Saturday, 2nd - Sunday, 3rd September. This will be our biggest-ever Market Place and will house an eclectic range of goods and gifts from local and national stallholders.
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 07th April 2016
‘What is DemFest?’ we hear you cry!
DemFest is the newest addition to the Gladstone's Library calendar. It’s a festival of democracy, celebrating the values of liberty and free-speech that Gladstone held so dear in his lifetime, and it’s happening from 13th May – 14th May 2016 throughout our beautiful Library building.
by Rhian Waller | Thursday, 23rd July 2015
One of the many joys of being at Gladstone's Library, where I have come to serve two months as Chaplain, is to go for a walk through the Gladstone estate, which the family kindly offers to the public and gives further access (with an available pass) to Residents of the Library.
by Gladstones Library | Tuesday, 14th April 2015
We are offering local businesses the opportunity to enjoy a delicious Afternoon Tea and take a look at our conference facilities on Tuesday 21st April from 3-4pm.
by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 04th June 2013
Liam Cookson, a work-based learning student from the University of Chester, has been working in the library for five weeks. While on placement, Liam was able to attend a workshop offered by the Flints
by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 11th September 2012
My first week here at Gladstones Library has passed by in a blur of books, great food and conversation. This library is a rare hidden gem of the type you only find in a country like Britain.
