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SUMMARY:Talk: Beyond Science vs Art with Selali Fiamanya
DESCRIPTION:‘The Diagnosis is in the Patient’s Story’: Beyond Science vs Art with Selali Fiamanya\n7pm-8pm\, Tuesday 7th October 2025\nNovelist Selali Fiamanya trained as a scientist and medical doctor\, and always found a tension between his aspirations as an artist and his life as a scientist. As he’ll suggest in this evening talk\, however\, such distinctions are thoroughly modern\, and the sciences and the arts have more uniting than dividing them. \nIn Selali’s case\, he understands both art and science as investigations into truth\, and these investigations have historically taken many forms. In his own life and work\, using the systematic skills of diagnosis and problem solving got him through the thorny aspects of writing of his novel\, whilst learning how to communicate a story in an engaging way has helped him endlessly with patients. \nIn this hour-long event Selali will reflect on doctor-writers from Anton Chekhov to Adam Kay; as well as other historical and modern thinkers\, scientists and artists\, aiming to blur the boundary between fact and fiction and suggest that each makes the other stronger. \nSelali Fiamanya is a novelist and essayist who is interested in the contradictions that define human experience. Before We Hit the Ground\, his first novel\, is due for publication in early 2025 having been runner-up for the PONTAS and JJ Bola Emerging Writer’s Prize as an unfinished manuscript. \nSelali began writing through involvement with radical zine collective Skin Deep\, where he wrote and edited fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry\, and visual arts pieces on the themes of race and culture\, which were distributed widely\, free of charge. This collaborative approach was maintained with several other zine projects such as People of Content and whut?\, all championing queer people of colour to produce collaborative\, multi-disciplinary work. \nSelali’s love for collaborative writing also took him to the traditional publishing world\, having worked with a former refugee to write a collaborative narrative non-fiction piece for the anthology Will You Read This Please? (edited by Gladstone’s Library regular Joanna Cannon) about her mental health journey.
URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-beyond-science-vs-art-with-selali-fiamanya/
LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Talk: Necessary Women; The Untold History of Parliament's Working Women
DESCRIPTION:Necessary Women; The Untold History of Parliament’s Working Women\, with Mari Takayanagi\n3-4pm\, Thursday 9th October 2025\nWhen suffragette Emily Wilding Davison hid overnight in the Houses of Parliament in 1911 to have her name recorded in the census there\, she may not have known that there were sixty-seven other women also resident in Parliament that night: housekeepers\, kitchen maids\, and wives and daughters living in households. This talk\, with historian and archivist Mari Takayanagi\, tells their story. \nWomen have touched just about every aspect of life in Parliament. From ‘Jane’\, dispenser of beer\, pies and chops in Bellamy’s legendary refreshment rooms; to May Ashworth\, Official Typist to Parliament for thirty years through marriage\, war and divorce; and Jean Winder\, the first female Hansard reporter\, who fought for years for equal pay; the lives of these women have been largely unacknowledged – until now. \nDrawing on new research from the Parliamentary Archives\, government records and family history sources\, historians and parliamentary insiders\, Mari’s recent book Necessary Women (with Elizabeth Hallam Smith) brings these unsung heroes to life. Join Mari at Gladstone’s Library to learn about women left out of the history books – including Mary Jane Anderson\, a previously unknown suffragette. \nDr Mari Takayanagi is a historian of women and Parliament from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries\, and Senior Archivist at the UK Parliamentary Archives. \nHer research interests include legislation affecting women’s lives and gender equality\, early women MPs\, and women staff in the House of Commons and House of Lords. Her most recent publications are ‘Suffrage Centenaries’ in the Routledge Companion to British Women’s Suffrage (Routledge\, 2024)\, and as co-editor with Erika Rackley and Rosemary Auchmuty\, Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years (Hart Publishing\, 2024). \nHer monograph\, Necessary Women: the Untold Story of Parliament’s Working Women\, co-authored with Elizabeth Hallam Smith\, was published in 2023 by The History Press.
URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-necessary-women-the-untold-history-of-parliaments-working-women/
LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Ways into Historical Fiction with Joanna Miller
DESCRIPTION:Ways into Historical Fiction – a masterclass with Joanna Miller\n10.30am-3.00pm (ending times approximate)\, Saturday 11th October 2025\nJoin novelist and poet Joanna Miller for a day masterclass that gives you the tools to get started with historical fiction. This masterclass is suitable for those wanting an introduction into writing long and short form historical fiction; there will be guidance on practical matters such as editing and research and help with creating immersive settings and building a character’s distinct voice. \nLed by Joanna\, participants will consider ways of creating memorable characters\, immersive settings and compelling plots. Over the day\, the course will build confidence in writers\, providing them with practical tips for moving forward with writing that is fresh and authentic. \nThis masterclass is suitable for writers at any stage\, whether you’re just starting out or your work-in-progress needs a shot in the arm. \nImage by Lucy Noble Photography.
URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/masterclass-ways-into-historical-fiction-with-joanna-miller/
LOCATION:Glynne Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:October 2025 - Tuesday Glimpse
DESCRIPTION:Mini-tour and Glimpse of the Reading Rooms \nAre you curious about the origins of Gladstone’s Library? Would you like a sneak peek at the famous Reading Rooms? \nBuilt more than a century ago\, Gladstone’s Library is one of the hidden gems of North Wales. While the Library is open to day visitors who wish to enjoy spending time in the grounds of this Victorian Gothic landmark\, the Reading Rooms are silent study spaces usually only accessible to registered Readers or residential guests staying here overnight. \nSteeped in local and national history\, this is the UK’s only Prime Ministerial library and a rare example of a residential library. Known originally as St. Deiniol’s Library\, it was renamed in 2010 to reflect its connections with founder and four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. \nBy booking onto a Glimpse\, you will be given a talk about the building\, its purpose\, its links to UK and world affairs and the ways in which it has evolved through time. You will also be able to peep inside the Reading Rooms\, where researchers\, writers and scholars of all kinds come to make use of the extensive collections and to work in silence. \nAll Glimpses last approximately 30 minutes.
URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/october-2025-tuesday-glimpse/
LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:October 2025 - Friday Glimpse
DESCRIPTION:Mini-tour and Glimpse of the Reading Rooms \nAre you curious about the origins of Gladstone’s Library? Would you like a sneak peek at the famous Reading Rooms? \nBuilt more than a century ago\, Gladstone’s Library is one of the hidden gems of North Wales. While the Library is open to day visitors who wish to enjoy spending time in the grounds of this Victorian Gothic landmark\, the Reading Rooms are silent study spaces usually only accessible to registered Readers or residential guests staying here overnight. \nSteeped in local and national history\, this is the UK’s only Prime Ministerial library and a rare example of a residential library. Known originally as St. Deiniol’s Library\, it was renamed in 2010 to reflect its connections with founder and four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. \nBy booking onto a Glimpse\, you will be given a talk about the building\, its purpose\, its links to UK and world affairs and the ways in which it has evolved through time. You will also be able to peep inside the Reading Rooms\, where researchers\, writers and scholars of all kinds come to make use of the extensive collections and to work in silence. \nAll Glimpses last approximately 30 minutes.
URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/october-2025-friday-glimpse/
LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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