Erm… what day is it?
How many of us have a 2021 diary which, because of the ongoing restrictions and repeated exhortations to stay home, is still pristine and unused? This third lockdown means our normal routines have been disrupted. I wonder if you too find yourself unable to work…
‘The Beatles’ – one by one
Anyone visiting Liverpool in the early 1960’s would have found the epitome of ‘the dark satanic mills’. The city’s civic buildings were soot blackened, there were gaps where buildings had been, evidence of the intensive bombing the city had experienced in wartime. Two cathedrals, one…
Book Group
When we read a good book, something magical can happen. Locked down and in our own home we lose ourselves inside a fictional world, created by the imagination of the author but transformed into a virtual reality by our emotional response to the written word….
Do you want to know a secret?
Jesmond Library is once again running its popular annual creative writing competition. This year the theme is “Do you want to know a secret?” With that as your starting point let your imagination take you anywhere it will. There are four age categories: Under 5…
Beware Fake Wise Men Bearing Gifts!
New Year’s Resolutions, Lists and Lockdowns
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man or woman in search of something useful must be in want of a good list’. I live my life by lists, and this has become an ever present ‘to do’ need in managing my life, especially…
Historic costume at Beamish
On Thursday December 10th at 6.00pm Sarah-Mary Geisller will be talking about historic costume at Beamish. For an invitation to the zoom event please email events@jesmondlibrary.org.
Book group – The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
For an invitation to the zoom meeting to discuss The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing by Mary Paulson-Ellis please email events@jesmondlibrary.org
Zooming into Autumn
September – summer is over and autumn has taken its place. School children return to their classes, students to university and colleges, and so the new term begins. Here at Jesmond Library we too have a new programme planned for the autumn. We hope you…
Missing – presumed read!
The Library has been open for a few weeks now, and it has been a delight to welcome folk back into the building again. Whilst many people continue to make good use of the Click & Collect Service, others prefer to browse the shelves to…
It is a truth universally acknowledged…
It is a truth universally acknowledged… …that a novel in possession of a good opening, must be in want of a reader. (With apologies to Jane Austen for this unashamed parody of the beginning of Pride and Prejudice.) One of the fascinating gifts I received…
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