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.
✨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’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!
✨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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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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📣 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.
🎄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!
📖 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!
📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣Calling writers: Gladstone’s Library is offering one funded place on The Six-Month Writing Course with @kitdewaal.com. For writers who would benefit from the course but may otherwise be unable to access it. We especially welcome those who feel marginalised within the industry.
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🎄We’re down to our last remaining tables for Christmas Lunch at Gladstone’s Library🎄
Pre-booking is essential. Go to our website (link in bio), click 'Dine' and follow the instructions listed or pop in to Reception.
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Pre-booking is essential. Go to our website (link in bio), click 'Dine' and follow the instructions listed or pop in to Reception.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎄We’re down to our last remaining tables for Christmas Lunch at Gladstone’s Library🎄
Pre-booking is essential. Go to our website (link in bio), click 'Dine' and follow the instructions listed or pop in to Reception.
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Pre-booking is essential. Go to our website (link in bio), click 'Dine' and follow the instructions listed or pop in to Reception.
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🎄Christmas is in full swing here in Hawarden! Alice & Beth are in St. Deiniol's Church and Louisa & Izzy are at the Library running free drop-in Glimpse tours at 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Or visit Alice & Beth and pick up our Library quiz to be in the draw for an Afternoon Tea for two!
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎄Christmas is in full swing here in Hawarden! Alice & Beth are in St. Deiniol's Church and Louisa & Izzy are at the Library running free drop-in Glimpse tours at 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Or visit Alice & Beth and pick up our Library quiz to be in the draw for an Afternoon Tea for two!
🎄 Join us at the Hawarden Christmas Extravaganza tomorrow (Sat 6th Dec)!🎄
Say hello to us at our stall in St Deiniol’s Church and join the festive celebrations at this wonderful community event across the Church and Tithe Barn. Plus see below for Library tour times!
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Say hello to us at our stall in St Deiniol’s Church and join the festive celebrations at this wonderful community event across the Church and Tithe Barn. Plus see below for Library tour times!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎄 Join us at the Hawarden Christmas Extravaganza tomorrow (Sat 6th Dec)!🎄
Say hello to us at our stall in St Deiniol’s Church and join the festive celebrations at this wonderful community event across the Church and Tithe Barn. Plus see below for Library tour times!
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Say hello to us at our stall in St Deiniol’s Church and join the festive celebrations at this wonderful community event across the Church and Tithe Barn. Plus see below for Library tour times!
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With summer warmth fading into memory, here are 19th Century tips for coping with a heatwave:
"Allow nothing to worry you.”
“Refrain from reading the Debates.”
“Shun public dinners.”
“Walk twice the distance rather than get inside a red-hot oven of an omnibus.”
"Allow nothing to worry you.”
“Refrain from reading the Debates.”
“Shun public dinners.”
“Walk twice the distance rather than get inside a red-hot oven of an omnibus.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
With summer warmth fading into memory, here are 19th Century tips for coping with a heatwave:
"Allow nothing to worry you.”
“Refrain from reading the Debates.”
“Shun public dinners.”
“Walk twice the distance rather than get inside a red-hot oven of an omnibus.”
"Allow nothing to worry you.”
“Refrain from reading the Debates.”
“Shun public dinners.”
“Walk twice the distance rather than get inside a red-hot oven of an omnibus.”
If you're subscribed to our newsletter, the November edition will now be in your inbox! Or in your Junk... do check!
If you would like to register for our newsletter, to hear our news, upcoming events, offers and more, sign up by going to our website and scrolling to the bottom.
If you would like to register for our newsletter, to hear our news, upcoming events, offers and more, sign up by going to our website and scrolling to the bottom.
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you're subscribed to our newsletter, the November edition will now be in your inbox! Or in your Junk... do check!
If you would like to register for our newsletter, to hear our news, upcoming events, offers and more, sign up by going to our website and scrolling to the bottom.
If you would like to register for our newsletter, to hear our news, upcoming events, offers and more, sign up by going to our website and scrolling to the bottom.
✏️ Engagement and Learning Programme Update!
In November, over 50 Year 5 students from Hawarden Village School visited us to learn about local Victorian leaders. They viewed collection items and designed their own bookplates, taking inspiration from those in our collection.
In November, over 50 Year 5 students from Hawarden Village School visited us to learn about local Victorian leaders. They viewed collection items and designed their own bookplates, taking inspiration from those in our collection.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
✏️ Engagement and Learning Programme Update!
In November, over 50 Year 5 students from Hawarden Village School visited us to learn about local Victorian leaders. They viewed collection items and designed their own bookplates, taking inspiration from those in our collection.
In November, over 50 Year 5 students from Hawarden Village School visited us to learn about local Victorian leaders. They viewed collection items and designed their own bookplates, taking inspiration from those in our collection.
The restoration work to our beautiful Grade 1 listed building is well underway! We remain fully open to all visitors, and the team here at the Library are working hard to keep disruption to a minimum. Thank you all for your support during this time!
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The restoration work to our beautiful Grade 1 listed building is well underway! We remain fully open to all visitors, and the team here at the Library are working hard to keep disruption to a minimum. Thank you all for your support during this time!
Join acclaimed writer & broadcaster, and Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence, David Hendy for a masterclass on using sound to enrich your writing.
📅 Sat 17 Jan '26
🕑 10:30AM-3PM
🎟️ £70
📍 Gladstone’s Library
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@davidhendy.bsky.social
@unitedagents.bsky.social
@profilebooks.bsky.social
📅 Sat 17 Jan '26
🕑 10:30AM-3PM
🎟️ £70
📍 Gladstone’s Library
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@davidhendy.bsky.social
@unitedagents.bsky.social
@profilebooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join acclaimed writer & broadcaster, and Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence, David Hendy for a masterclass on using sound to enrich your writing.
📅 Sat 17 Jan '26
🕑 10:30AM-3PM
🎟️ £70
📍 Gladstone’s Library
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@davidhendy.bsky.social
@unitedagents.bsky.social
@profilebooks.bsky.social
📅 Sat 17 Jan '26
🕑 10:30AM-3PM
🎟️ £70
📍 Gladstone’s Library
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@davidhendy.bsky.social
@unitedagents.bsky.social
@profilebooks.bsky.social
📣 Tickets now available!📣
📆 Saturday 31st January 2026
🕐 10.30AM-7.30PM
📍 Gladstone's Library
🎟️ Full day, morning and afternoon tickets available at buff.ly/pbuNH4x
@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
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📆 Saturday 31st January 2026
🕐 10.30AM-7.30PM
📍 Gladstone's Library
🎟️ Full day, morning and afternoon tickets available at buff.ly/pbuNH4x
@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📣 Tickets now available!📣
📆 Saturday 31st January 2026
🕐 10.30AM-7.30PM
📍 Gladstone's Library
🎟️ Full day, morning and afternoon tickets available at buff.ly/pbuNH4x
@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
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📆 Saturday 31st January 2026
🕐 10.30AM-7.30PM
📍 Gladstone's Library
🎟️ Full day, morning and afternoon tickets available at buff.ly/pbuNH4x
@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
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📖Befriend a Book 2025: Help Restore a Piece of History
After last year’s amazing campaign, we’re inviting you to help restore the 4-volume Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn — a treasure of Gladstone's nineteenth-century collection.
👉 Donate: buff.ly/JNy5ZzG
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After last year’s amazing campaign, we’re inviting you to help restore the 4-volume Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn — a treasure of Gladstone's nineteenth-century collection.
👉 Donate: buff.ly/JNy5ZzG
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November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📖Befriend a Book 2025: Help Restore a Piece of History
After last year’s amazing campaign, we’re inviting you to help restore the 4-volume Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn — a treasure of Gladstone's nineteenth-century collection.
👉 Donate: buff.ly/JNy5ZzG
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After last year’s amazing campaign, we’re inviting you to help restore the 4-volume Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn — a treasure of Gladstone's nineteenth-century collection.
👉 Donate: buff.ly/JNy5ZzG
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