Professor A.C. Grayling Founders Day Lecture

24 July 2013

Professor A.C. Grayling Founders Day Lecture

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…

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Five Years in a Protestant Sisterhood & Ten Years in a Catholic Convent by Muriel Maufroy

10 July 2013

Five Years in a Protestant Sisterhood & Ten Years in a Catholic Convent by Muriel Maufroy

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.

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The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors by Muriel Maufroy

9 July 2013

The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors by Muriel Maufroy

There is no way to come to terms with the Holocaust, but how it would have affected the faith or the lack of faith…
Introducing the Timeline Project by Gary Butler

28 June 2013

Introducing the Timeline Project by Gary Butler

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

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Facts and Opinions about Judaism by Muriel Maufroy

24 June 2013

Facts and Opinions about Judaism by Muriel Maufroy

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

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History Revisited by Muriel Maufroy

21 June 2013

History Revisited by Muriel Maufroy

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

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Katrina Naomi on Gladstone's Library

18 June 2013

Katrina Naomi on Gladstone's Library

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

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Edge of Empire by Muriel Maufroy

10 June 2013

Edge of Empire by Muriel Maufroy

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

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Radical Liberalism by Peter Jukes

5 June 2013

Radical Liberalism by Peter Jukes

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.

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Flintshire Records Office by Liam Cookson

4 June 2013

Flintshire Records Office by Liam Cookson

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

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