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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SUMMARY:April 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/april-2025-tuesday-glimpse/
LOCATION:Gladstone Room\, Gladstone's Library\, Hawarden\, Flintshire\, CH5 3DF\, United Kingdom
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