Today we say goodbye to Dr. Louisa Yates, Director of Collections and Research. After over 15 years at the Library, Louisa has a new role at the University of Warwick's Library and Archives. Louisa has been an inspiration and she will be missed. Good luck Louisa!

'She shall be buried by her Antony, / No grave upon the earth shall clip in it / A pair so famous.' There are still tickets available for Professor Emma Rees' Weekend Course: Beguiling Shakespeare! Immerse yourself into the world of Anthony and Cleopatra. 1/3

Exciting News! Tune into The One Show tonight at 7pm on BBC One to hear our Warden, Andrea, discuss what makes Gladstone's Library so unique. We were delighted to welcome the BBC during our Hearth festival, and contribute to the conversation about the diversity of libraries.

One month into 2026 and already need a holiday? Visit Gladstone's Library in North Wales and sleep amongst books! For first time bookers, enjoy 20% off your accommodation in March 2026. To book visit our website. T&Cs apply.

💫 We still have tickets available for our Glimpse tour on Tuesday 10th February! Find out more on our website, link in bio. 💫 Have you ever passed Gladstone's Library and wondered what's inside? Why not book tickets to one of our Glimpse tours? 1/3

Gladstone says: "Did you see us featured in this month's Country Living magazine?" Thank you Country Living Magazine for featuring us in your '5 of the best libraries' segment! With Reading Rooms, bedrooms, restaurant, lounge, events and more, there's something for everyone here.

In 2025, our Food for Thought was buzzing with activity! Welcoming visitors from near and far, for a cup of tea or a three-course meal. Here's a look back on the year!

Congratulations to our Warden, Andrea, who was installed as a Canon at St Asaph Cathedral on Sunday in recognition of her work here at the Library!

📣Final tickets!📣 📆Sat 31 Jan 🕐10.30AM-7.30PM 📍Gladstone's Library 🎟️3 all-day and 5 morning tickets remain 🎤Four talks, closing with a Q&A. Listen, talk, and eat together 🍴Lunch, dinner, tea and coffee included 🛏️20% discount on accommodation Our website➡️Events to book @harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social

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.

✨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. 1/4

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!

✨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’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 1/2

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 1/2

📣 Tickets available for Writing with an Ear to Sound, a Masterclass with David Hendy 📆 17 January 10:30am-3pm | 📍 Gladstone's Library | 🎟️ Tickets £70 1/2

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.

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!

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.

🎁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!

📣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. 1/3

And in March, I'll also be giving an evening talk at @gladlib.bsky.social It will offer the very first sneak preview of my forthcoming book - on the secrets, lives, and tangled lives of Britain's wartime propagandists Details - and booking - here:

As a 2026 Writer-in-Residence at @gladlib.bsky.social I'm doing a 'masterclass'. It's on writing about sound: exploring ways to bring a richer sensory dimension to writing for the page and writing for radio. Details - and booking - available here: www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/master...

New blogpost! Read about my visit to the Gladstone Rock and research into the Gladstone women who climbed Snowdon (Yr Wydffa) at the brilliant @gladlib.bsky.social www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/the-gla...

As an experiment, a goose was once (allegedly) put into a medieval tunnel under #BradenstokePriory. It emerged several miles away, featherless. One of several items of c17 weirdness I discovered while @gladlib.bsky.social & will feature in my next book 📕 www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/the-fea...

🎄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. 1/2

🎄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! 1/2

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.”

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.

✏️ 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.

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 1/2 @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 1/3

📖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 1/3

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 1/4

🎄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. 1/2

✏️ 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. 1/3

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!

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?

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. 1/2

🌿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!

📣 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!

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!

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!

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!