If I had a pound for every time someone asks me the question, ‘When are you moving to the Mitchell Library?’ we would have already raised the one million pounds needed for the refurbishment work. Of course it is a fair, as well as frequently asked, question; after all it has been over 3 years since we first announced that the Mitchell Library will be our wonderful future home.
Category: News
‘Have a Go’ Taster Sessions
Have you ever thought you might like to learn something new but not sure where to start or what to do?
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant
GWL is pleased to announce that the Library has been awarded a major grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The £410,000 grant will fund the creation of the first ever Women’s Archive in Scotland.
“Tribute to Glasgow’s forgotten heroines”
An article in the Evening Times by Sarah Swain, published in May 2007.
Mexican Wave Part 3
Further musings. I am itching to write up the KnowHow materials for all interested parties on my return to Glasgow but some fragments are surfacing as I am sending my […]
Meanwhile, back at the ranch….
Great to hear from Sue and Adele in Oaxaca (particularly that they’re both safe and well, given the current political situation), and to hear their reflections on this year’s Know […]
White flags in Oaxaca
Hello, Sue here – I’m writing on Adele’s blog name due to reasons that I don’t fully understand but don’t really matter.* Anyway, sometimes you have to step right back […]
Mexican Wave Part 2
Day 3 in Oaxaca where the burnt-out cars and buses still partly blockade the streets after 90 days of demonstrations, shootings and city-wide trauma. Today there is strike by all […]
Mexican Wave (part 1)
To the staff, Board and ever vigilant blog visitors of this site (and my parents who may reasonably have imagined me hostaged or taken with the idea of joining the […]