by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 17th December 2013

Few times in my life have I been as insulted as I was on the evening of Wednesday last.I rose, as is my morning custom, at a respectable 8.15am and underwent my usual morning routine...

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 11th December 2013

The noble consulting intern, Jamie Stokes, picks up the gauntlet laid down for him by the mysterious "Professor" and, so it seems, not a moment to soon...

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 09th December 2013

In response to the recent publication of Mr Jamie Stokes' 'Commencing the Treasure Hunt' web log, Phillip Clement, writes to his adversary to forewarn him...

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 25th November 2013

Muriel Maufroy reviews Tania Hershman's 'My Mother was an Upright Piano', a collection of fifty-six short-short fictions.

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 12th November 2013

Muriel Maufroy uses a book found in the library as she delves into the secret life of Catherine Gladstone to discuss the complex intricacies of marriage in the Nineteenth Century.

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 05th November 2013

Library Intern, Jamie Stokes, takes us through a new task at the Library and sheds light upon one of the lesser known trinkets of the Library: 'The Paraphrase of Erasmus', translated by Queen Mary

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 30th October 2013

I am over half way through my residency at Gladstones and my public events are all over. I have decided what I want to achieve before I leave on 24th October. So what have I been up to while I have be

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 28th October 2013

Phil Clement writes about his first weeks at Gladstone's Library as a Marketing Intern and shares with you some secrets of Gladstone and his Library.

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 23rd October 2013

Writer-in-Residence, Angela Topping reminisces about her time spent in libraries, from ours to those of her childhood. In sharing her thoughts over the past two weeks, she presents a case for the Libr

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 18th October 2013

Our most recent Writer-in-Residence talks education, poetry and children. She expands upon themes to be discussed over the course of her stay with us and presents her own impassioned views of the situ

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 09th October 2013

The newest addition to our team, Sian Morgan, writes about her experiences settling into life at the Library as an Intern. She tells us about life behind the scenes after dark and a little about hersel

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 08th October 2013

Jamie Stokes, Library Intern at Gladstone's Library, tells of a book he found buried in the Annex of the Library.

by Gladstones Library | Wednesday, 02nd October 2013

Muriel Maufroy reviews John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed's intriguing collaboration 'Who Speaks for Islam' and shares her interpretations of the book and its teachings with relation to co

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 20th September 2013

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

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 17th September 2013

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

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 11th September 2013

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

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 03rd September 2013

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

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 30th August 2013

Gladstone's Library are delighted to announce the results of our very first creative writing prize, launched to celebrate short and flash fiction. Writers from all over the world entered original

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 21st August 2013

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...

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 06th August 2013

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

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 26th July 2013

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!

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 24th July 2013

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...

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 10th July 2013

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.

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 09th July 2013

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 28th June 2013

The usefulness of books constantly changes over time. While library buildings remain fixed as permanent structures, the collection of books within them are always in a state of flux. Reorganising lib

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 24th June 2013

That different people may at times hold completely opposite opinions on a specific subject, appealing in both cases to large audiences, is strikingly evident to anyone browsing through the shelves of

by Rhian Waller | Friday, 21st June 2013

To accept that our views on historical matters need examination and possibly re-evaluation is certainly a challenge, but a rewarding one. This is exactly what Fergus Nicolls book, Gladstone, Gordon an

by Rhian Waller | Tuesday, 18th June 2013

Katrina Naomi discusses her time at Gladstone's Library as our June writer-in-residence.

by Rhian Waller | Monday, 10th June 2013

Gladstones Library is certainly not short of history books, especially when it comes to the Victorian era. However, history is inevitably the view of the past that someone holds which causes their vie

by Rhian Waller | Wednesday, 05th June 2013

Peter Jukes -our writer in residence for May discusses his time at Gladstone's Library, the views of the Grand Old Man, and his current projects.

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 | Monday, 03rd June 2013

The range of subjects Gladstone was interested in never ceases to astonish me. Whilst in Gladstones Library, I recently stumbled upon a little thin book with an unusual cover three horizontal bands