Bringing Children to Poetry by Angela Topping

18 October 2013

Bringing Children to Poetry by Angela Topping

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

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The Librarian (Intern): Tales From the Vaults by Sian Morgan

9 October 2013

The Librarian (Intern): Tales From the Vaults by Sian Morgan

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

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Buried in The Library (The Unnaming of Things) by Jamie Stokes

8 October 2013

Buried in The Library (The Unnaming of Things) by Jamie Stokes

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

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WORKING TO A RHYTHM and FINDING EDWIN by Vanessa Gebbie

20 September 2013

WORKING TO A RHYTHM and FINDING EDWIN by Vanessa Gebbie

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

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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Muriel Maufroy

17 September 2013

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Muriel Maufroy

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

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BREAKFAST WITH WENDY COPE or GLADFEST! By Vanessa Gebbie

11 September 2013

BREAKFAST WITH WENDY COPE or GLADFEST! By Vanessa Gebbie

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

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A Week of Welsh before my Gladstones Library residency by Vanessa Gebbie

3 September 2013

A Week of Welsh before my Gladstones Library residency by Vanessa Gebbie

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

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On Liberties: Victorian Liberals and their legacies by Alex Middleton

21 August 2013

On Liberties: Victorian Liberals and their legacies by Alex Middleton

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…

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A 'Queen of the Left Hand of England' by Muriel Maufroy

6 August 2013

A 'Queen of the Left Hand of England' by Muriel Maufroy

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

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What Do You Do There? A Day in the Life at Gladstones Library by Greg Garrett

26 July 2013

What Do You Do There? A Day in the Life at Gladstones Library by Greg Garrett

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!

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