Our Spring 2024 Programme is now available and you can pick up your copy of the beautiful printed brochure at GWL or take a look on our online events calendar. We have an […]
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Spring Programme 2024: Events at a Glance
Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Part 3 – Ribbed for My Pleasure
After making a jumper for the GWL archive, this next jumper explores modern ideas in feminism and knitting.
Story Cafe round up: Adventure!
Our first Story Cafe of 2024 was well-attended even though the weather was at its January worst! Wendy welcomed everyone and was especially happy to welcome those at Story Cafe […]
Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Part 2 – P1R1 (Progress 1, Regress 1)
Details of how the Spare Rib jumper was made and exploring where it pushes boundaries and where it conforms.
Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Part 1 – Purls of Feminist History
Feminist magazine Spare Rib published a pattern for a handknitted jumper in 1982. As volunteer Becky knitted one up for our collection, the more there was to learn about the jumper and its position in the history of knitting and feminism.
Book Picnic: January 2024
Every month, GWL team members and volunteers share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic. Here’s what we’ve been reading over the festive break.
Story Cafe round up: radio pioneers
Pauline shares what we’ve been reading and chatting about at Story Cafe lately… Sometimes a Story Cafe idea stems from something Wendy or I have read. A few weeks ago […]
New Books
Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her manuscript and publishes […]
GWL at 30 Podcast: Green
In this episode we find out more about how ecofeminism and care for the environment have impacted our work in the past three decades.
GWL at 30 Podcast: Access
In this episode, we look at what “access” and “accessibility” means at GWL and how this has influenced our work in the past three decades.