Gladstone's Library
@gladlib.bsky.social
A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
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Read, write, rest!
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Gladstone’s Library is thrilled to announce an exciting events programme for 2026 with award-winning writer Kit de Waal on!
Writing Kit: Craft, Story and the Writer's Life offers a rare opportunity to learn from Kit in small, focused groups. Visit gladstoneslibrary.org/writing-kit
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Writing Kit: Craft, Story and the Writer's Life offers a rare opportunity to learn from Kit in small, focused groups. Visit gladstoneslibrary.org/writing-kit
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November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gladstone’s Library is thrilled to announce an exciting events programme for 2026 with award-winning writer Kit de Waal on!
Writing Kit: Craft, Story and the Writer's Life offers a rare opportunity to learn from Kit in small, focused groups. Visit gladstoneslibrary.org/writing-kit
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Writing Kit: Craft, Story and the Writer's Life offers a rare opportunity to learn from Kit in small, focused groups. Visit gladstoneslibrary.org/writing-kit
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🎄Book your table for our two- or three-course Christmas Lunches from 1st to 21st December 2025!🎁
Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎄Book your table for our two- or three-course Christmas Lunches from 1st to 21st December 2025!🎁
Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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✏️ Engagement and Learning Programme Update!
In October, our Engagement and Learning Officer and Fundraising and Development Manager spoke to Travel and Tourism students from the Falkland Islands Community School.
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In October, our Engagement and Learning Officer and Fundraising and Development Manager spoke to Travel and Tourism students from the Falkland Islands Community School.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✏️ Engagement and Learning Programme Update!
In October, our Engagement and Learning Officer and Fundraising and Development Manager spoke to Travel and Tourism students from the Falkland Islands Community School.
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In October, our Engagement and Learning Officer and Fundraising and Development Manager spoke to Travel and Tourism students from the Falkland Islands Community School.
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As the days grow colder and the nights draw in, why not cosy up by the fire at Gladstone’s Library? This December, enjoy 20% off your accommodation!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As the days grow colder and the nights draw in, why not cosy up by the fire at Gladstone’s Library? This December, enjoy 20% off your accommodation!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
Imagine you are planning a stay in a residential library. What do you pack?
If you have already stayed here (and so do not need to imagine!) what are your top tips when it comes to packing for a stay at Gladstone's Library?
If you have already stayed here (and so do not need to imagine!) what are your top tips when it comes to packing for a stay at Gladstone's Library?
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Imagine you are planning a stay in a residential library. What do you pack?
If you have already stayed here (and so do not need to imagine!) what are your top tips when it comes to packing for a stay at Gladstone's Library?
If you have already stayed here (and so do not need to imagine!) what are your top tips when it comes to packing for a stay at Gladstone's Library?
Today, we remember all those who have suffered and continue to suffer because of war. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today, we remember all those who have suffered and continue to suffer because of war. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
🎄Book your table for our two- or three-course Christmas Lunches from 1st to 21st December 2025!🎁
Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🎄Book your table for our two- or three-course Christmas Lunches from 1st to 21st December 2025!🎁
Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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Every day from 12pm to 2:30pm (1st-21st December only), tuck in to a delicious menu of starters, mains, desserts and beverages in our Food for Thought restaurant.
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🌿Ever wondered what’s down the steps at the back of our garden? Though this area is out of bounds for visitors, these photos offer a sneak peek...
Once overgrown, it’s now a thriving kitchen garden with chard, tomatoes, rhubarb & more, thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Once overgrown, it’s now a thriving kitchen garden with chard, tomatoes, rhubarb & more, thanks to our amazing volunteers!
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🌿Ever wondered what’s down the steps at the back of our garden? Though this area is out of bounds for visitors, these photos offer a sneak peek...
Once overgrown, it’s now a thriving kitchen garden with chard, tomatoes, rhubarb & more, thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Once overgrown, it’s now a thriving kitchen garden with chard, tomatoes, rhubarb & more, thanks to our amazing volunteers!
📣 Two new tickets released!📣 Join writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton for a one-day masterclass. Learn how to weave personal journeys into works of creative non-fiction, balancing structure, pacing, and material for maximum impact.
🗓Sat 8 Nov '25
🕓10.30AM-3PM
🎟️£70
Our website to book!
🗓Sat 8 Nov '25
🕓10.30AM-3PM
🎟️£70
Our website to book!
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣 Two new tickets released!📣 Join writer and podcaster Caroline Crampton for a one-day masterclass. Learn how to weave personal journeys into works of creative non-fiction, balancing structure, pacing, and material for maximum impact.
🗓Sat 8 Nov '25
🕓10.30AM-3PM
🎟️£70
Our website to book!
🗓Sat 8 Nov '25
🕓10.30AM-3PM
🎟️£70
Our website to book!
The first piece of restoration work has started on the Library's chimney!
A huge thank you to the team involved for days spent erecting scaffolding and for the work that has gone into the process so far. We hope you are as delighted as us to see this brilliant work beginning!
A huge thank you to the team involved for days spent erecting scaffolding and for the work that has gone into the process so far. We hope you are as delighted as us to see this brilliant work beginning!
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The first piece of restoration work has started on the Library's chimney!
A huge thank you to the team involved for days spent erecting scaffolding and for the work that has gone into the process so far. We hope you are as delighted as us to see this brilliant work beginning!
A huge thank you to the team involved for days spent erecting scaffolding and for the work that has gone into the process so far. We hope you are as delighted as us to see this brilliant work beginning!
Mae’n bleser gennym rannu’r adroddiad effaith ar gyfer ein prosiect peilot 15 mis gyda’r Gronfa Dreftadaeth, sy’n canolbwyntio ar ymgysylltu a dysgu gyda phobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 24 oed.
Darllenwch ein hadroddiad llawn ar ein tudalen Newyddion Diweddaraf!
Darllenwch ein hadroddiad llawn ar ein tudalen Newyddion Diweddaraf!
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Mae’n bleser gennym rannu’r adroddiad effaith ar gyfer ein prosiect peilot 15 mis gyda’r Gronfa Dreftadaeth, sy’n canolbwyntio ar ymgysylltu a dysgu gyda phobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 24 oed.
Darllenwch ein hadroddiad llawn ar ein tudalen Newyddion Diweddaraf!
Darllenwch ein hadroddiad llawn ar ein tudalen Newyddion Diweddaraf!
As the days grow colder and the nights draw in, why not cosy up by the fire at Gladstone’s Library? This December, enjoy 20% off your accommodation!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
October 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
As the days grow colder and the nights draw in, why not cosy up by the fire at Gladstone’s Library? This December, enjoy 20% off your accommodation!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
🛏️Single, twin, double rooms plus our suite available
💻 Book your December escape now — link in bio!
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Been at the @gladlib.bsky.social this week to get work done on my #JohnAubrey book. This place is so conducive to writing. I feel a million miles from my normal life and all its distractions.
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Been at the @gladlib.bsky.social this week to get work done on my #JohnAubrey book. This place is so conducive to writing. I feel a million miles from my normal life and all its distractions.
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I climbed Snowdon last week so was entranced to find this 1864 account by Helen Gladstone, age 15 @gladlib.bsky.social; ‘we set off at 1/2 past 8 and drove 22 miles… from there we ascended Snowdon with the help of four rather bad ponies; such a long way up, and so hot. At the top we had some tea- 🗃️
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I climbed Snowdon last week so was entranced to find this 1864 account by Helen Gladstone, age 15 @gladlib.bsky.social; ‘we set off at 1/2 past 8 and drove 22 miles… from there we ascended Snowdon with the help of four rather bad ponies; such a long way up, and so hot. At the top we had some tea- 🗃️
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I was really delighted to speak about #NecessaryWomen to an attentive and enthusiastic audience at @gladlib.bsky.social yesterday! Today it was full tilt research looking at as many files as I could during my last day of archives consultation. Phew!
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I was really delighted to speak about #NecessaryWomen to an attentive and enthusiastic audience at @gladlib.bsky.social yesterday! Today it was full tilt research looking at as many files as I could during my last day of archives consultation. Phew!
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Thoroughly enjoyed my week at @gladlib.bsky.social.
Strongly recommend to anyone wanting to do some reading, writing or just pondering, in the stillness and companionable quiet of a Grade 1 listed reading room, surrounded by Gladstone’s own books.
Great food too.
Strongly recommend to anyone wanting to do some reading, writing or just pondering, in the stillness and companionable quiet of a Grade 1 listed reading room, surrounded by Gladstone’s own books.
Great food too.
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed my week at @gladlib.bsky.social.
Strongly recommend to anyone wanting to do some reading, writing or just pondering, in the stillness and companionable quiet of a Grade 1 listed reading room, surrounded by Gladstone’s own books.
Great food too.
Strongly recommend to anyone wanting to do some reading, writing or just pondering, in the stillness and companionable quiet of a Grade 1 listed reading room, surrounded by Gladstone’s own books.
Great food too.
📣We’re hiring!
Join the Gladstone’s Library team as Events, Conferences & Marketing Assistant. Support events, group bookings, social media & marketing and general administration.
📖£23K/year | 🕑34.5 hrs/week | ✨Apply by 27 Oct 10am
For details, click the link in our bio!
Join the Gladstone’s Library team as Events, Conferences & Marketing Assistant. Support events, group bookings, social media & marketing and general administration.
📖£23K/year | 🕑34.5 hrs/week | ✨Apply by 27 Oct 10am
For details, click the link in our bio!
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣We’re hiring!
Join the Gladstone’s Library team as Events, Conferences & Marketing Assistant. Support events, group bookings, social media & marketing and general administration.
📖£23K/year | 🕑34.5 hrs/week | ✨Apply by 27 Oct 10am
For details, click the link in our bio!
Join the Gladstone’s Library team as Events, Conferences & Marketing Assistant. Support events, group bookings, social media & marketing and general administration.
📖£23K/year | 🕑34.5 hrs/week | ✨Apply by 27 Oct 10am
For details, click the link in our bio!
Happy birthday to us! It's October 14th - and 123 years ago, Gladstone’s Library was officially opened by Earl Spencer as the National Memorial to W.E. Gladstone. 🎂
The books in this image date back to that time.
The books in this image date back to that time.
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy birthday to us! It's October 14th - and 123 years ago, Gladstone’s Library was officially opened by Earl Spencer as the National Memorial to W.E. Gladstone. 🎂
The books in this image date back to that time.
The books in this image date back to that time.
📖Befriend a Book 2024: the books are back!
Thanks to Greens Books & 14 generous donors, our 150-year-old treasures have been repaired and restored.
Donors can now visit their befriended book and learn about the restoration process!
greensbooks.co.uk
Thanks to Greens Books & 14 generous donors, our 150-year-old treasures have been repaired and restored.
Donors can now visit their befriended book and learn about the restoration process!
greensbooks.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📖Befriend a Book 2024: the books are back!
Thanks to Greens Books & 14 generous donors, our 150-year-old treasures have been repaired and restored.
Donors can now visit their befriended book and learn about the restoration process!
greensbooks.co.uk
Thanks to Greens Books & 14 generous donors, our 150-year-old treasures have been repaired and restored.
Donors can now visit their befriended book and learn about the restoration process!
greensbooks.co.uk
📸 We love to see photos taken by guests! Enjoying the quiet Reading Rooms, dining in Food for Thought, chatting in the Gladstone Room, and strolling our grounds.
This lovely group visited over the summer and shared their “gorgeous” experience.
Credit: Bountiful Blessings Travel
This lovely group visited over the summer and shared their “gorgeous” experience.
Credit: Bountiful Blessings Travel
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📸 We love to see photos taken by guests! Enjoying the quiet Reading Rooms, dining in Food for Thought, chatting in the Gladstone Room, and strolling our grounds.
This lovely group visited over the summer and shared their “gorgeous” experience.
Credit: Bountiful Blessings Travel
This lovely group visited over the summer and shared their “gorgeous” experience.
Credit: Bountiful Blessings Travel
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My desk this week researching in @gladlib.bsky.social archives - some nice stuff today on Women’s Liberal Federation split over suffrage in 1892, when Catherine Gladstone was President.
Still time to book on my #NecessaryWomen talk on Thursday! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-n...
Still time to book on my #NecessaryWomen talk on Thursday! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-n...
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My desk this week researching in @gladlib.bsky.social archives - some nice stuff today on Women’s Liberal Federation split over suffrage in 1892, when Catherine Gladstone was President.
Still time to book on my #NecessaryWomen talk on Thursday! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-n...
Still time to book on my #NecessaryWomen talk on Thursday! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/talk-n...
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Exhausted after my first day researching in the @gladlib.bsky.social archives! Learning lots about the Gladstone family women. Also being very well-fed…
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Exhausted after my first day researching in the @gladlib.bsky.social archives! Learning lots about the Gladstone family women. Also being very well-fed…
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I have arrived at @gladlib.bsky.social ! Very much looking forward to spending the next week here thanks to the Daisy Ronco Scholarship. If you’re in the area on Thursday come and hear my #NecessaryWomen talk!
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have arrived at @gladlib.bsky.social ! Very much looking forward to spending the next week here thanks to the Daisy Ronco Scholarship. If you’re in the area on Thursday come and hear my #NecessaryWomen talk!
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The sun has made an appearance for this Autumnal view of Mr Gladstone’s Library @gladlib.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The sun has made an appearance for this Autumnal view of Mr Gladstone’s Library @gladlib.bsky.social
📣Applications for our Youth Engagement Volunteer role closes on Wednesday! You'll support our new, two-year Learning and Engagement project funded by @SNForg, engaging with young people, supporting workshop set up and take down, and carrying out research. Training provided. Link in our bio!
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📣Applications for our Youth Engagement Volunteer role closes on Wednesday! You'll support our new, two-year Learning and Engagement project funded by @SNForg, engaging with young people, supporting workshop set up and take down, and carrying out research. Training provided. Link in our bio!