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 Louisa Yates | 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 Louisa Yates | Thursday, 27th May 2021

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we've been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

by Louisa Yates | Wednesday, 19th May 2021

Ahead of the launch of our new collaborative art project, we've been talking to the artist, Simon Grennan.

by Louisa Yates | Thursday, 25th February 2021

Our wildly successful fundraiser extended by popular demand.

by Louisa Yates | Saturday, 03rd October 2020

Writing this is like reaching out to friends you haven't seen in a long time...

by Gladstones Library | 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.

by Gladstones Library | 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 Administrator | Tuesday, 14th May 2019

Tickets are now onsale for Gladfest 2019, which takes place here at Gladstone's Library, 6th – 8th September. 

by Gladstones Library | Friday, 29th March 2019

While researching for this blog, I found myself on all manor of websites, from the Telegraph to Clarion Review, and the websites of both Cadbury and Godiva. 

by Gladstones Library | 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 Gladstones Library | 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 Gladstones Library | 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 Gladstones Library | Wednesday, 16th December 2015

Have you ever wondered about the history of the little village that we’re nestled in? Well, we’ve been digging around to bring you some of the facts!

by Gladstones Library | 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 21^st April from 3-4pm.

by Gladstones Library | Wednesday, 24th September 2014

TWO 19th century institutions located on opposite sides ‘of the pond’ have signed an historic agreement.Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, North Wales and Virginia Theological Semi

by Gladstones Library | 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 Gladstones Library | 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. It has ju

by Gladstones Library | Monday, 05th December 2011

A funeral is taking place at St Deiniols Church on Friday 9 December which will restrict vehicular access to Gladstones Library on that day. Church Lane will be closed from 8am that morning, so visito