Dyslexia Awareness Week 2022 Part 1 - Working With Dyslexia

6 October 2022

Dyslexia Awareness Week 2022 Part 1 - Working With Dyslexia

British Dyslexia Association Dyslexia Week 2022 is this week! It runs until Sunday 9th October, with the theme of ‘Breaking Through Barriers’. 

Having dyslexia and working in a library could seem a bit of a contradiction – after all, one of the best-known symptoms of dyslexia is a difficulty with spelling, reading, and writing. However, Reading Room Assistant James has other opinions…

Part one of a two-part series by James. 

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Chance and the charm of the Reading Rooms - an article featuring author Melissa Harrison

8 February 2022

Chance and the charm of the Reading Rooms - an article featuring author Melissa Harrison

Many volumes in the Gladstone’s Library collection are contemporary, but sometimes even those that were printed a century or more ago offer unique insights into current affairs. Author Melissa Harrison witnessed this first-hand when she happened across an anti-vaccination book while drafting a new novel in our Reading Rooms.

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 17 - how can I get involved?

10 September 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 17 - how can I get involved?

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

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 3 - who is involved in the project?

27 May 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 3 - who is involved in the project?

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

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Drawing Blood Q&A, week 1 - how did this project get started?

19 May 2021

Drawing Blood Q&A, week 1 - how did this project get started?

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

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Spring has sprung at Gladstone’s Library and Easter is not far behind it!

29 March 2019

Spring has sprung at Gladstone’s Library and Easter is not far behind it!

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. 

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Interview: Alan Cadwallader on Cracking the Monolith

9 November 2018

Interview: Alan Cadwallader on Cracking the Monolith

On Saturday, 10th November, Alan Cadwallader delivers this year’s Robinson-Spong public lecture, considering the challenge of material culture to metaphysical readings of the Bible.

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Gladfest interview: Miranda Kaufmann

1 August 2018

Gladfest interview: Miranda Kaufmann

Miranda Kaufmann is the author of Black Tudors: The Untold Story, and one of the wonderful guests joining us for Gladfest 2018. With just a month to go until the festival, we caught up with Miranda to find out what to expect from her new work, as well as glimpses into her writing life.

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Gladfest interview: Joanna Cannon

17 July 2018

Gladfest interview: Joanna Cannon

In the run-up to Gladfest 2018, we caught up with author Joanna Cannon to discuss her latest book Three Things About Elsie as well as her favourite reading memories and top tips for thriving in the world of publishing!

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Interview: Debbie Lewer on Art, Faith and Failure

16 March 2018

Interview: Debbie Lewer on Art, Faith and Failure

At the beginning of April Gladstone’s Library welcomes Debbie Lewer from the University of Glasgow to deliver a course exploring art, faith and failure within visual art from the Middle Ages to the present day. 

Debbie is an art historian who lectures on topics across the field, including on wider media such as photography and architecture. As we edge closer to April, we spoke to the her to find out a little more about her ideas, her work and what we can expect from ‘Utterly Human: Art, Faith and Failure’… 

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