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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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Thursday 8th January 2026. Due to a power cut in the area, we currently have no power. The power should be restored by 2.30pm. Check back here for updates.
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Thursday 8th January 2026. Due to a power cut in the area, we currently have no power. The power should be restored by 2.30pm. Check back here for updates.
IMPORTANT NOTICE Wednesday 7th January 2026: We are open as normal but have intermittent internet on site. Pop in for lunch, a coffee, or to use our Reading Rooms! For updates, follow us on social media.
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 AM
IMPORTANT NOTICE Wednesday 7th January 2026: We are open as normal but have intermittent internet on site. Pop in for lunch, a coffee, or to use our Reading Rooms! For updates, follow us on social media.
🔦 A small torch for venturing in and around the shelves
💧 A water bottle
🧶 Knitting or other activities
❤️ An open heart.
We can’t wait to meet everyone who walks through our doors in 2026. Will it be you?
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💧 A water bottle
🧶 Knitting or other activities
❤️ An open heart.
We can’t wait to meet everyone who walks through our doors in 2026. Will it be you?
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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔦 A small torch for venturing in and around the shelves
💧 A water bottle
🧶 Knitting or other activities
❤️ An open heart.
We can’t wait to meet everyone who walks through our doors in 2026. Will it be you?
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💧 A water bottle
🧶 Knitting or other activities
❤️ An open heart.
We can’t wait to meet everyone who walks through our doors in 2026. Will it be you?
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Are you visiting us this year? Here’s what recent visitors recommended packing:
🧣 Layers! Our Reading Rooms are kept at a comfortable 18–20°C
🧘 A travel yoga mat
📓 A journal (or two… or three!)
👟 Comfortable shoes for walking
🍰 An appetite!
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🧣 Layers! Our Reading Rooms are kept at a comfortable 18–20°C
🧘 A travel yoga mat
📓 A journal (or two… or three!)
👟 Comfortable shoes for walking
🍰 An appetite!
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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Are you visiting us this year? Here’s what recent visitors recommended packing:
🧣 Layers! Our Reading Rooms are kept at a comfortable 18–20°C
🧘 A travel yoga mat
📓 A journal (or two… or three!)
👟 Comfortable shoes for walking
🍰 An appetite!
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🧣 Layers! Our Reading Rooms are kept at a comfortable 18–20°C
🧘 A travel yoga mat
📓 A journal (or two… or three!)
👟 Comfortable shoes for walking
🍰 An appetite!
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Alongside good food, beautiful surroundings, and a team renowned for their kindness, this is a place to be still, to learn and to be reminded of the wisdom of the past. Whatever your reason for visiting, you’ll find a warm welcome.
-Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
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-Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Alongside good food, beautiful surroundings, and a team renowned for their kindness, this is a place to be still, to learn and to be reminded of the wisdom of the past. Whatever your reason for visiting, you’ll find a warm welcome.
-Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
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-Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
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✨We open at 2pm today (Tues 6 Jan)!✨ Gladstone’s Library is a place people come to read, write and rest; to research and retreat; to meet friends and colleagues or enjoy time alone; to attend a course, an event, or simply to have lunch.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
✨We open at 2pm today (Tues 6 Jan)!✨ Gladstone’s Library is a place people come to read, write and rest; to research and retreat; to meet friends and colleagues or enjoy time alone; to attend a course, an event, or simply to have lunch.
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We reopen following the Christmas break on Tuesday 6th January at 2pm. We look forward to seeing you soon!
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We reopen following the Christmas break on Tuesday 6th January at 2pm. We look forward to seeing you soon!
We’re the UK's only Prime Ministerial library and one of few residential libraries in the world. With Reading Rooms, restaurant, bedrooms, events, a chapel, sitting room, meeting rooms, and gardens... There's something for everyone.
For more, click the link in our bio!
For more, click the link in our bio!
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We’re the UK's only Prime Ministerial library and one of few residential libraries in the world. With Reading Rooms, restaurant, bedrooms, events, a chapel, sitting room, meeting rooms, and gardens... There's something for everyone.
For more, click the link in our bio!
For more, click the link in our bio!
However you are marking these first days of the year, we hope there is time for rest, joy and thankfulness. We look forward to welcoming you to the Library from Tuesday 6th January at 2pm!
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
However you are marking these first days of the year, we hope there is time for rest, joy and thankfulness. We look forward to welcoming you to the Library from Tuesday 6th January at 2pm!
In a complex and uncertain world, your presence and encouragement reminds us why spaces for reflection and connection matter. As we look ahead, we hold hope for new conversations, quiet moments, good books, tasty food, and many visitors, both new and returning, through our doors.
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
In a complex and uncertain world, your presence and encouragement reminds us why spaces for reflection and connection matter. As we look ahead, we hold hope for new conversations, quiet moments, good books, tasty food, and many visitors, both new and returning, through our doors.
✨Happy New Year from Gladstone’s Library✨
We send our warmest wishes to all our friends and supporters. Thank you for being part of the life of the Library; for reading, writing, thinking, resting, eating, learning, laughing, conversing, and sharing this unique place with us.
We send our warmest wishes to all our friends and supporters. Thank you for being part of the life of the Library; for reading, writing, thinking, resting, eating, learning, laughing, conversing, and sharing this unique place with us.
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
✨Happy New Year from Gladstone’s Library✨
We send our warmest wishes to all our friends and supporters. Thank you for being part of the life of the Library; for reading, writing, thinking, resting, eating, learning, laughing, conversing, and sharing this unique place with us.
We send our warmest wishes to all our friends and supporters. Thank you for being part of the life of the Library; for reading, writing, thinking, resting, eating, learning, laughing, conversing, and sharing this unique place with us.
👀 taken a peep into the Reading Rooms on 27 tours
❓ sent 447 email enquiries (and asked many more in person!) about the Reading Rooms and our collections
🪑and sat at our desks more than 1000 times a month!
We look forward to sharing our collections with you all again in 2026!
❓ sent 447 email enquiries (and asked many more in person!) about the Reading Rooms and our collections
🪑and sat at our desks more than 1000 times a month!
We look forward to sharing our collections with you all again in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
👀 taken a peep into the Reading Rooms on 27 tours
❓ sent 447 email enquiries (and asked many more in person!) about the Reading Rooms and our collections
🪑and sat at our desks more than 1000 times a month!
We look forward to sharing our collections with you all again in 2026!
❓ sent 447 email enquiries (and asked many more in person!) about the Reading Rooms and our collections
🪑and sat at our desks more than 1000 times a month!
We look forward to sharing our collections with you all again in 2026!
We’ve had a busy year in the Reading Rooms! In 2025 you have…
📜 explored 615 folders from our archives
🔍 delved into 242 books from our special collections
📖 cracked open 4500 books from our circulating collections
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📜 explored 615 folders from our archives
🔍 delved into 242 books from our special collections
📖 cracked open 4500 books from our circulating collections
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December 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We’ve had a busy year in the Reading Rooms! In 2025 you have…
📜 explored 615 folders from our archives
🔍 delved into 242 books from our special collections
📖 cracked open 4500 books from our circulating collections
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📜 explored 615 folders from our archives
🔍 delved into 242 books from our special collections
📖 cracked open 4500 books from our circulating collections
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Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared, and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
However you mark this day I hope that we all ‘feel our worth’.
Warmly,
Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
'Til He appeared, and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
However you mark this day I hope that we all ‘feel our worth’.
Warmly,
Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appeared, and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
However you mark this day I hope that we all ‘feel our worth’.
Warmly,
Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
'Til He appeared, and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
However you mark this day I hope that we all ‘feel our worth’.
Warmly,
Revd. Dr Andrea Russell, Warden
On behalf of the team at Gladstone’s Library may you have a very happy Christmas!
Many of us have a favourite Christmas Carol. Mine is ‘O Holy Night’, especially because of this verse:
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth
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Many of us have a favourite Christmas Carol. Mine is ‘O Holy Night’, especially because of this verse:
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth
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December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
On behalf of the team at Gladstone’s Library may you have a very happy Christmas!
Many of us have a favourite Christmas Carol. Mine is ‘O Holy Night’, especially because of this verse:
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth
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Many of us have a favourite Christmas Carol. Mine is ‘O Holy Night’, especially because of this verse:
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth
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Come and meet our first Writer in Residence of 2026, David Hendy, for this Masterclass on writing for radio and on using sound to enrich writing for the page. Refreshments and lunch included, for more details visit our website.
Link in bio or go to our website -> Events.
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Link in bio or go to our website -> Events.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Come and meet our first Writer in Residence of 2026, David Hendy, for this Masterclass on writing for radio and on using sound to enrich writing for the page. Refreshments and lunch included, for more details visit our website.
Link in bio or go to our website -> Events.
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Link in bio or go to our website -> Events.
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📣 Tickets available for Writing with an Ear to Sound, a Masterclass with David Hendy
📆 17 January 10:30am-3pm | 📍 Gladstone's Library | 🎟️ Tickets £70
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📆 17 January 10:30am-3pm | 📍 Gladstone's Library | 🎟️ Tickets £70
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December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣 Tickets available for Writing with an Ear to Sound, a Masterclass with David Hendy
📆 17 January 10:30am-3pm | 📍 Gladstone's Library | 🎟️ Tickets £70
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📆 17 January 10:30am-3pm | 📍 Gladstone's Library | 🎟️ Tickets £70
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Gladstone’s Library is now closed for Christmas and New Year! We reopen on Tuesday 6th January at 2pm and hope to see you then.
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Gladstone’s Library is now closed for Christmas and New Year! We reopen on Tuesday 6th January at 2pm and hope to see you then.
Thank you again and however you celebrate this season I do hope that there is time for rest, joy and thankfulness.
Warmly,
Andrea
Revd. Dr. Andrea Russell
Warden of Gladstone’s Library
Warmly,
Andrea
Revd. Dr. Andrea Russell
Warden of Gladstone’s Library
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thank you again and however you celebrate this season I do hope that there is time for rest, joy and thankfulness.
Warmly,
Andrea
Revd. Dr. Andrea Russell
Warden of Gladstone’s Library
Warmly,
Andrea
Revd. Dr. Andrea Russell
Warden of Gladstone’s Library
If you’d like to read our Jan newsletter, with reflections and a look ahead for 2026, you can sign up on our website.
🎁And if you find yourself with an unexpected guest over Christmas, remember that Gladstone’s Library gift vouchers are available to buy online at any time!
🎁And if you find yourself with an unexpected guest over Christmas, remember that Gladstone’s Library gift vouchers are available to buy online at any time!
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you’d like to read our Jan newsletter, with reflections and a look ahead for 2026, you can sign up on our website.
🎁And if you find yourself with an unexpected guest over Christmas, remember that Gladstone’s Library gift vouchers are available to buy online at any time!
🎁And if you find yourself with an unexpected guest over Christmas, remember that Gladstone’s Library gift vouchers are available to buy online at any time!
🎄We close today (22 Dec) at 10am, and we reopen on Tues 6 Jan at 2pm
As the year draws to a close I want to wish you all a joy-filled Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. It has been a full year and we have much to be thankful for.
As the year draws to a close I want to wish you all a joy-filled Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. It has been a full year and we have much to be thankful for.
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄We close today (22 Dec) at 10am, and we reopen on Tues 6 Jan at 2pm
As the year draws to a close I want to wish you all a joy-filled Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. It has been a full year and we have much to be thankful for.
As the year draws to a close I want to wish you all a joy-filled Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. It has been a full year and we have much to be thankful for.
It was wonderful to welcome Hanan Issa back to Gladstone’s Library last week to stay with us during her Artist in Residence visit with Theatr Clwyd in partnership with the Wales Millennium Centre - Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Hanan Issa is the current National Poet of Wales!
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It was wonderful to welcome Hanan Issa back to Gladstone’s Library last week to stay with us during her Artist in Residence visit with Theatr Clwyd in partnership with the Wales Millennium Centre - Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Hanan Issa is the current National Poet of Wales!
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And here is the view from my desk @gladlib.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
And here is the view from my desk @gladlib.bsky.social
📖 A day in the life at Gladstone’s Library 📖
Step inside the quiet magic of the Reading Rooms, relax in the cosy Gladstone Room, and wander around the Grade 1 listed building (one of only a few in the whole of Wales!). Thank you to @alittlemixofvix for capturing this video.
Step inside the quiet magic of the Reading Rooms, relax in the cosy Gladstone Room, and wander around the Grade 1 listed building (one of only a few in the whole of Wales!). Thank you to @alittlemixofvix for capturing this video.
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📖 A day in the life at Gladstone’s Library 📖
Step inside the quiet magic of the Reading Rooms, relax in the cosy Gladstone Room, and wander around the Grade 1 listed building (one of only a few in the whole of Wales!). Thank you to @alittlemixofvix for capturing this video.
Step inside the quiet magic of the Reading Rooms, relax in the cosy Gladstone Room, and wander around the Grade 1 listed building (one of only a few in the whole of Wales!). Thank you to @alittlemixofvix for capturing this video.
🎁We’ve got the perfect gifts for everyone on your list!
❄️Gladstone’s Library Gift Vouchers
❄️Befriend a Book 2025: help preserve history!
❄️Shop via bookshop.org/shop/gladstoneslibrary
❄️Exclusive Library Merchandise (in person) Link in bio or visit our website!
❄️Gladstone’s Library Gift Vouchers
❄️Befriend a Book 2025: help preserve history!
❄️Shop via bookshop.org/shop/gladstoneslibrary
❄️Exclusive Library Merchandise (in person) Link in bio or visit our website!
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎁We’ve got the perfect gifts for everyone on your list!
❄️Gladstone’s Library Gift Vouchers
❄️Befriend a Book 2025: help preserve history!
❄️Shop via bookshop.org/shop/gladstoneslibrary
❄️Exclusive Library Merchandise (in person) Link in bio or visit our website!
❄️Gladstone’s Library Gift Vouchers
❄️Befriend a Book 2025: help preserve history!
❄️Shop via bookshop.org/shop/gladstoneslibrary
❄️Exclusive Library Merchandise (in person) Link in bio or visit our website!