Guest blog: Writing Echo Hall at Gladstone's Library

21 March 2016

Guest blog: Writing Echo Hall at Gladstone's Library

I first heard about Gladstone’s Library in 2011 when I picked up a leaflet at the Hay Festival. I am a huge fan of William Gladstone, a Prime Minister who, for all his failings, really tried to improve the lot of ordinary people. So I was delighted to discover his library existed, and furthermore that it was possible to stay there. I was in the midst of writing my novel Echo Hall at the time and the idea of a writing retreat at Hawarden was very tempting. But, it’s a long way from Oxford and being a busy working parent it wasn’t until 2013 that I finally managed to make the trip.

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What We're Reading...Kirsten-Rose Brooks, Library Intern

18 March 2016

What We're Reading...Kirsten-Rose Brooks, Library Intern

Welcome to a new series on the Volume blog, What We’re Reading, in which members of the Library team divulge their current reads and what they think of them. This week, it’s my turn: Kirsten-Rose Brooks, one of the three library interns, avid reader and aspiring writer. 

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The Gladstone's Library team: what we're reading

29 January 2016

The Gladstone's Library team: what we're reading

At the Library, all of our staff and guests are united by (what else?) a love of books and reading. This week I investigated just what we’ve got our noses in at the moment, and there’s some fantastic reading inspiration to be found!

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Explore Your Archive week: a delve into the stacks

18 November 2015

Explore Your Archive week: a delve into the stacks

14th – 22nd November is national Explore Your Archive week, an initiative conceived by The National Archives and The Archives and Records Association aiming to showcase archives and tell amazing stories. To tie in with this, we‘ve decided to delve into our own archival collections and do some exploring of our own…

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A polite notice to budding photographers

23 October 2015

A polite notice to budding photographers

A quick note to anyone planning on taking pictures in the Library 

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How many reasons does it take to fall in love with Gladstone's Library?

31 July 2015

How many reasons does it take to fall in love with Gladstone's Library?

Intern Becky Marvin explores…

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Reading List: 'Racism' by Matthew Grubbe

10 July 2015

Reading List: 'Racism' by Matthew Grubbe

Work Experience student Matthew Grubbe explores the topic of Racism using books from the Gladstone’s Library collection.

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Reading List: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Russian Literature from the Soviet Period' by Tesni Jones

10 July 2015

Reading List: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Russian Literature from the Soviet Period' by Tesni Jones

Work Experience student Tesni Jones looks at Russian literature from the Soviet period.

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Reading List: 'Islamic Culture and the Expression of Faith Through the Arts' by Danielle Povey

10 July 2015

Reading List: 'Islamic Culture and the Expression of Faith Through the Arts' by Danielle Povey

Work Experience student Danielle Povey puts together a Reading List exploring the expression of the Islamic faith through a selection of books from the Gladstone’s Library collection.

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In Conversation with the Chair of Trustees, Michael Wheeler

3 July 2015

In Conversation with the Chair of Trustees, Michael Wheeler

Last month Gladstone’s Library welcomed in its new Chair of Trustees, Professor Michael Wheeler.

Just after his first Management Committee as Chairman, we talked to Michael to find out about his background, his involvement with the library over time and to get his first words as the new Chair “who just happens to have been around here for four decades…”

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