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10 November 2015

A Feast of Words and Ideas: Gladfest by Robyn Cadwallader

September isn’t the time to leave Australia and go travelling to the other side of the world. It’s the first month of spring. The air moves more lightly; the hard, hopeful buds are beginning to swell; the trees are coated in the bright green of young leaves; the blossom appears, seemingly, overnight; and the magpies turn ballsy. Outside my kitchen the Wisteria transforms from winding sticks to purple lanterns and the veggie garden grows weeds at an alarming rate.

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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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23 October 2015

Interview with visiting philosopher Jane Dryden

Throughout the month of October, philosopher Jane Dryden has been staying at the Library as our Theologian in Residence.

On a not-so-sunny day mid-month, we sat down with her to find out what she’s been working on, tucked away at her favourite gallery desk…

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20 August 2015

Writer in Residence Jessie Burton reflects on her time at the Library

Gladstone’s, when I first saw it, appeared at the end of the drive like a cross between an Oxford college and a Blyton boarding school. Turrets, a graveyard next door, esoteric books in the library, sticky toffee pudding EVERY DAY and the glee of never having to cook for myself…

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14 August 2015

Salley Vickers talks inspiration and style in another SOLD OUT Writers in Residence event

‘A short story is like a love affair’ – Salley Vickers describes her latest published work, The Boy Who Could See Death, remarking on the difference between her many novels and her latest collection of short stories. For the lucky people who find themselves in front of the phenomenally successful author on Tuesday night, it proves to be a moving and insightful evening with discussion ranging from Salley’s childhood memories of Venice to her experiences as a psycho-analytical specialist.

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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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31 July 2015

Reflections - by Lachlan Mackinnon

‘On my way here, I read Joanne Limburg’s terrific new novel, A Want of Kindness, about Queen Anne. Quite apart from lighting up a patch of history I knew nothing about, the novel so engrossed me that I felt I was travelling through a much older country. I was therefore briefly startled by how much Gladstone’s Library is a child of his century…’

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24 July 2015

Founder's Day 2015 - watch the video

Loyd Grossman takes the chair for our Annual Gladstone Lecture as our multi-talented panel discuss whether the Library currently demonstrates the same enthusiasm for spirituality, literary culture and political discourse as the Grand Old Man himself.

Our panellists answer the question ‘Does the Library remain truly ‘Gladstonian’ today?

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23 July 2015

A Walk in the Woods - a blog by Chaplain, Penelope Duckworth

One of the many joys of being at Gladstone’s Library, where I have come to serve two months as Chaplain, is to go for a walk through the Gladstone estate, which the family kindly offers to the public and gives further access (with an available pass) to Residents of the Library.

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21 July 2015

A Visit to Gladstone's Study - by Writer in Residence, Lachlan Mackinnon

‘If he leant back in the seat at his working desk, he looked up at a handsome bust of Disraeli. A sort of political memento mori, I thought, but perhaps it was more a spur to renewed industriousness…’

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