BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gladstone's Library. - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gladstone's Library. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260407 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20260312T095444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T102129Z UID:10000302-1775433600-1775519999@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Test RSVP Event DESCRIPTION:Register Interest in Easter Fun Day\n \n \n Name\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Number of GuestsMailing List Sign Up Sign up to Gladstone's Librabry Newsletter?Consent(Required) You agree to our privacy policy and what we do with your information(Required) URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/test-rsvp-event/ LOCATION:Library Main Room\, Church Lane\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T143548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T090526Z UID:10000272-1765292400-1765294200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:December 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/december-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251128T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251128T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T145636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T103814Z UID:10000280-1764329400-1764331200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:November 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/november-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T143823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T143823Z UID:10000273-1762873200-1762875000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:November 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/november-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251108T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251108T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T153742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T153742Z UID:10000285-1762597800-1762614000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Masterclass: Putting Yourself on the Page with Caroline Crampton DESCRIPTION:Putting Yourself on the Page – a writing masterclass with Caroline Crampton\n10.30am-3.00pm (please note end time is approximate)\, Saturday 8th November 2025\nJoin writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton for a day-long detailed look at the craft involved in blending autobiography with other subjects. \nThis way of weaving a personal journey through a work of creative non-fiction has become very popular with readers and publishers alike\, but how should writers go about it? What is the best way to structure and pace a memoir strand within a larger work\, and how to find the balance between the different types of material? \nAs a writer\, how much of yourself should you share with readers? What are the possible ramifications of putting too much\, or too little\, of yourself on the page? Together\, participants will explore all facets\, from the emotional to the practical\, of this highly effective technique for writing.  As the author of two books that are structured around memoir — The Way to the Sea (2019) and A Body Made of Glass (2024) — Caroline Crampton has spent a lot of time considering these questions and will explore them here through talks and exercises with class participants. \nPhotograph by Jamie Drew. URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/masterclass-putting-yourself-on-the-page-with-caroline-crampton/ LOCATION:Glynne Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Caroline-Crampton-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251031T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251031T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T145436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T145436Z UID:10000279-1761910200-1761912000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T144033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T144033Z UID:10000274-1760454000-1760455800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251011T150000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T153233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T153233Z UID:10000284-1760178600-1760194800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Joanna-Miller-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T160000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T152450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T152450Z UID:10000283-1760022000-1760025600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Takayanagi-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251007T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251007T200000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T151225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T151225Z UID:10000282-1759863600-1759867200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Selali-Fiamanya-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250926T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250926T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T145221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T145221Z UID:10000278-1758886200-1758888000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:September 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/september-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T144235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T144235Z UID:10000275-1757430000-1757431800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:September 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/september-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250905T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250906T220000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T150413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T150413Z UID:10000281-1757088000-1757196000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Festival: Gladfest! DESCRIPTION:Gladfest is back!\nFriday 5th-Saturday 6th September 2025\nThe nation’s friendliest festival returns! Save the date and watch this space! URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/festival-gladfest/ LOCATION:Library and Grounds\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GladFest-2022-226-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250904T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250904T200000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T135411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T135411Z UID:10000271-1757012400-1757016000@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Talk: Equal Citizenship of the Mind with Joanna Miller DESCRIPTION:Equal Citizenship of the Mind with Joanna Miller\n7pm-8pm\, Thursday 4th September 2025\nThis talk explores women’s fight for equality at Oxford\, from the establishment of the first colleges in the 1880s\, to 1920 when women were finally accepted as fully fledged members of the university. \nIn writing her novel\, The Eights\, writer and poet Joanna Miller gained some fascinating insights into the lives of the first women at Oxford\, and the role that suffrage and World War One played in changing male attitudes. \nFrom overbearing chaperones\, to climbing in windows and finding loopholes to beat the men at rowing\, the lives of the first women at Oxford were certainly never dull! \nJoanna Miller is a writer from Hertfordshire whose debut novel The Eights will be published by Fig Tree Penguin (UK) and Putnam Books (US) in March 2025. The novel tells the story of four women from different backgrounds who are amongst the first to matriculate at Oxford University in the shadow of the First World War. \n\nJoanna’s work explores themes around female friendship\, feminism and suffrage and is inspired by museums and local history. Joanna works part-time as a bookseller and has just completed an Undergraduate Diploma in Creative Writing at Oxford. She is also graduate of Faber Academy and Escalator\, the National Centre for Writing’s talent development scheme. \nPrior to that\, Joanna established an award-winning poetry gift business and worked as an English teacher and literacy adviser. Her rhyming verse has been filmed twice by the BBC\, and in 2015 she won The Poetry Prize\, run by Bloomsbury Publishing and The National Literacy Trust. \nPicture by Lucy Noble Photography. URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-equal-citizenship-of-the-mind-with-joanna-miller/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Joanna-Miller-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250829T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250829T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T144950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T144950Z UID:10000277-1756467000-1756468800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:August 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/august-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250312T144555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T144555Z UID:10000276-1755010800-1755012600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:August 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/august-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250725T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250725T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T191933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T191933Z UID:10000291-1753443000-1753444800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:July 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/july-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T192739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T192739Z UID:10000294-1751986800-1751988600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:July 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/july-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250703T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250703T200000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T195927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T195927Z UID:10000298-1751569200-1751572800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:In Conversation: Muslim\, Actually\, with Tawseef Khan DESCRIPTION:Muslim\, Actually: How We Get Islam Wrong and Why it Matters\, with Tawseef Khan\n7pm-8pm\, Thursday 3rd July 2025\nJoin Tawseef Khan for a discussion of his first non-fiction book Muslim\, Actually\, in which he looks at the Islamophobia persistent in some segments of Western society\, from its ancient origins and development\, to how it operates and manifests today. Talking to Andrea Russell\, Warden at Gladstone’s Library\, Tawseef will look to dismantle the essential stereotypes that Islamophobia is constructed around. How have Tawseef’s reflections on how the discourse on Islamophobia (and his attitudes towards it) changed since writing and publishing the book? What does he feel are the future prospects of the West embracing its Muslim communities unconditionally? And finally\, where does the conversation go from here? \nTawseef Khan is a qualified immigration solicitor and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Liverpool\, where he examined the fairness of the British asylum system. He is also a graduate of the creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia\, where he received the Seth Donaldson Memorial Bursary. His fiction has appeared in Lighthouse and Test Signal: a Northern anthology; his non-fiction in the New York Times\, The Face and Hyphen. His debut non-fiction book Muslim\, Actually was published by Atlantic in 2021. He lives in Manchester. URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/in-conversation-muslim-actually-with-tawseef-khan/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Tawseef-Khan-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250627T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250627T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250228T095536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T144553Z UID:10000265-1751023800-1751025600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:June 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/june-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T200000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T195044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T195044Z UID:10000297-1750359600-1750363200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Talk: Writing Yourself Well\, with Caroline Crampton DESCRIPTION:Writing Yourself Well\, with Caroline Crampton\n7pm-8pm\, Thursday 19th June 2025\nWriting about illness is an entire genre unto itself — memoirs of extraordinary pain and survival against the odds are regulars on bookshop shelves and bestseller lists alike. But what is it actually like to write about your illnesses\, and how can it impact how you feel?  \nIn order to write her book A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria\, writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton spent five years immersed in stories about illness from writers like Philip Larkin\, Charles Darwin\, Virginia Woolf\, Charlotte Brontë\, Jane Austen and many others. Over time\, this intimacy with all of the different ways to be unwell actually began to have a positive effect on Caroline’s own hypochondria and her relationship with her health.  \nBy sharing these literary stories from the past and recounting the techniques involved in crafting her own story\, Caroline’s talk discusses how the ways we read – and write – about our illnesses can impact the way we experience them.  \nCaroline Crampton is a writer and podcaster whose work aims to bring people closer to material they may never have considered approachable before. As she says\, ‘I like to combine autobiography\, deep research\, careful structure and considered prose to produce work that will\, I hope\, inform as much as it entertains or delights’.  Caroline’s first book\, The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary (2019) combines the unusual personal story of her parents’ emigration to Britain on a small boat with travelogue\, history\, literary criticism and a portrait of an unusual landscape. \nHer next book\, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria (2024)\, is a chronological narrative of health anxiety spanning from the very earliest humans to today. Critics hailed it as a ‘landmark’ book for its examination of what this universal doubt and fear can tell us about life and medicine in every age\, as well as relating Caroline’s own experiences as a teenage cancer survivor who perpetually fears she will be sick again.   Alongside her book projects\, Caroline produces a fortnightly podcast\, Shedunnit (BBC Sounds); each episode looks at an aspect of golden age detective fiction\, covering everything from Agatha Christie’s skill at archaeology to the influence of science on whodunnits. URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-writing-yourself-well-with-caroline-crampton/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Caroline-Crampton-Talk-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250617T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250617T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250228T150011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T160940Z UID:10000266-1750172400-1750174200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:June 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/june-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250606T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250608T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250313T103345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T104952Z UID:10000286-1749222000-1749391200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Alibis in the Archive 2025 DESCRIPTION:Alibis in the Archive\n3pm\, Friday 6th June – 2pm\, Sunday 8th June 2025\nThe North-West’s Crime Weekend is back for another year!\nAppearing at Alibis in the Archive 2025: The British Library talks Crime Classics – – John Curran on Agatha Christie and The Collins Crime Club – – Shelly Dickson Carr remembers ‘My Grandather\, John Dickson Carr’ – – Christina Koning on Cambridge Crime – – Paul Charles talks to Martin Edwards about Colin Dexter – – Caroline England puts the Criminal in Crime – – Alex Pavesi explores metaphysical detective fiction and GK Chesterton. \nFor the full Alibis in the Archive weekend timetable\, please see below. \n  \n\n  URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/alibis-in-the-archive-2025/ LOCATION:Library and Grounds\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Alibis-in-the-Archive-banner-image-with-text.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250530T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250530T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T191710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T191710Z UID:10000290-1748604600-1748606400@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:May 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/may-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250524T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250524T180000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T193453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T141636Z UID:10000295-1748106000-1748109600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Lecture: 'More Matter for a May Morning': Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the Thresholds of Foolery\, with Emma Rees DESCRIPTION:‘More Matter for a May Morning’: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and the Thresholds of Foolery\, with Emma Rees\n5pm\, Saturday 24th May 2025\nThe 1623 First Folio labels Twelfth Night a comedy. But how comfortably does this chaotic and subversive play actually sit in that genre? Do modern sensibilities demand a more nuanced interpretation of it? \nIn thinking about comedy’s limitations and the thresholds of foolery\, Emma Rees will use Trevor Nunn’s glorious 1996 film adaptation as a springboard into considering the shadows that haunt three of the play’s characters: Feste\, Malvolio\, and Antonio. Is this a comedy suited\, as the roguish servant Fabian suggests\, to the folly of a bright May morning\, or is it more properly placed\, as its title proposes\, firmly in the melancholy darkness of January? \nIn 2016 Emma Rees was Gladstone’s Library’s first Political Writer in Residence. She is Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Chester where she has taught Shakespeare’s works for a quarter of a century. In 2017 she finally achieved her goal of seeing every one of Shakespeare’s plays live on stage at least once\, and she ran her first residential Gladstone’s Library Shakespeare course in 2018\, on The Taming of the Shrew. She returned in 2019 with The Merchant of Venice; led a weekend course on Macbeth in 2023; and on The Tempest in 2024. She’s delighted to be returning in 2025 with Twelfth Night. \n  URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/lecture-more-matter-for-a-may-morning-shakespeares-twelfth-night-and-the-thresholds-of-foolery-with-emma-rees/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Open Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Emma-REES-Llandanwg-beach-photo-e1742240072916.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T153000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T192441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T192544Z UID:10000293-1747148400-1747150200@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:May 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/may-2025-tuesday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250501T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250501T200000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T172122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T172122Z UID:10000288-1746126000-1746129600@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Talk: The Home Child with Liz Berry DESCRIPTION:The Home Child\, with Liz Berry\n7pm-8pm\, Thursday 1st May 2025\nJoin award-winning poet Liz Berry for an evening of readings based around her latest book\, The Home Child. Called ‘ground-breaking’ by Benjamin Zephaniah\, The Home Child is inspired by the life of Liz’s aunt and tells the story of Eliza Showell\, sent to Canada for a ‘better life’ in 1908. \nAs well as weaving poems with Eliza’s story\, Liz – whose poems are known and loved for their use of vernacular language – will think about the use of regional or ‘home’ language\, particularly how using such language vividly conjures story and emotion. In previous performances\, audience questions have led to deep and moving discussions about family histories\, social justice\, looked-after children\, how writing might play a role as witness or agent of change\, and (of course) love. \nThis is sure to be an evening full of poetry and warm discussion – not to be missed! \nLiz Berry is an award-winning poet and author of the critically acclaimed collections Black Country (Chatto\, 2014); The Republic of Motherhood (Chatto\, 2018); The Dereliction (Hercules Editions\, 2021) a collaboration with artist Tom Hicks; and most recently The Home Child (Chatto\, 2023)\, a novel in verse. \nLiz’s work\, described as “a sooty soaring hymn to her native West Midlands” (The Guardian)\, celebrates the landscape\, history and dialect of the region. Liz has received the Somerset Maugham Award\, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize\, Eric Gregory Award and two Forward Prizes. Her poem ‘Homing’\, a love poem for the language of the Black Country\, is part of the GCSE English syllabus. Liz is a patron of Writing West Midlands and holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Wolverhampton for services to literature.  URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-the-home-child-with-liz-berry/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Liz-Berry-Headshot-23-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T191500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250426T201500 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T194126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T194126Z UID:10000296-1745694900-1745698500@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Lecture: The Last Enchanted Places? A Journey Through the Spa Towns of mid-Wales\, with Ian Bradley DESCRIPTION:The Last Enchanted Places? A Journey Through the Spa Towns of mid-Wales\, with Ian Bradley\n7.15pm\, Saturday 26th April 2025\nThere is a Brigadoon-like quality about the four spa towns in the old Welsh county of Radnorshire\, now part of Powys. Llandrindod Wells\, Builth Wells\, Llanmarach Wells and Llanwrytd Wells seem to be lost in the mists of time\, just as they are frequently also lost in the mists and rain that often descend on the green hills and valleys in this part of mid-Wales. Between them\, they have the most varied and unusual natural mineral water springs of anywhere in the British Isles. The legendary origins of these health giving springs derive from Celtic mythology. Once thriving health and holiday resorts\, the mid-Welsh spas retain a bewitched and intriguing atmosphere – are they\, indeed\, among the last enchanted places left in Britain? \nThis talk is given by Ian Bradley\, author of forty-six books on Theology and related subjects\, and frequent course leader at Gladstone’s Library. URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/lecture-the-last-enchanted-places-a-journey-through-the-spa-towns-of-mid-wales-with-ian-bradley/ LOCATION:Chapel\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Llandrindod-Wells-CC-Ian-Bradley-Enchanted-Placed-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250303T145904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T142514Z UID:10000267-1745600400-1745758800@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:Course: Liquid Faith DESCRIPTION:Liquid Faith\, led by Ian Bradley\nFriday 25th – Sunday 27th April 2025\nPlease contact Reception to book your place – 01244 532350 / enquiries@gladlib.org \nWater plays a central role in Christianity and in all the world’s religions – it has often been taken as a metaphor for faith – flowing and yet still\, yielding and yet in full spate. Ian Bradley leads a weekend which asks what message the booming interest in wild swimming might have for the churches\, and explores holy wells\, sacred watery sites and spas in Wales and elsewhere. ‘Watery’ images and metaphors in the Bible\, in poems and in theological texts will be shared and discussed\, as will examples of liturgical innovations making use of water. \nThe weekend will include a visit to Holywell\, a unique and evocative place of pilgrimage based around an early medieval holy well.   \nIan Bradley is Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History in the University of St Andrews and well known as a preacher\, retreat leader\, writer and broadcaster. He is the author of 46 books\, including Water: A Spiritual History; Health\, Hedonism and Hypochondria: The Hidden History of Spas and Water; and Water Music: Making Music in the Spas of Europe and North America and five best-selling studies of Celtic Christianity. \nPlease note there is an optional visit to the National Shrine of St Winifrede at Holywell on the Saturday afternoon. Once you have made your booking we will be in touch regarding this. There may be a (hopefully small!) additional cost. \nResidential rates \n\nOne delegate in a single ensuite: £407 (or £359 with a student\, clergy or Society of Authors discount)\nTwo delegates in a twin or double: £627 (or £565 with discounts)\nOne delegate in a double or twin occupancy: £477 (or £415 with discount)\nOne delegate and one non-delegate guest in a twin or double: £577 (or £515 with discount)\n\nIncludes breakfast\, two course lunch with tea or filter coffee on Saturday and Sunday and a two course dinner with tea or filter coffee on Friday and Saturday. \nNon-residential rate: £220 (including breaks\, lunches and dinners) \nPlease contact Reception to book your place – 01244 532350 / enquiries@gladlib.org \n  \n\n  URL:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/course-liquid-faith/ LOCATION:Glynne Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/water-2208931_1280-web-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T120000 DTSTAMP:20260519T221324 CREATED:20250317T172346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T112402Z UID:10000289-1745580600-1745582400@dev.gladstoneslibrary.org SUMMARY:April 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/april-2025-friday-glimpse/ LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.gladstoneslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2O0A1063-smaller-for-social-e1740753929440.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR