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Featured Poem: Sonnet 94 by William Shakespeare
As we're all still on a high (and now significantly recovered) from the major excitement that was King Lear at…
Reading is a Picnic at Calderstones
The Mansion House at Calderstones has become a hive of activity once more, with summer seeing it the place to…
Recommended Reads for Children: A Series for Summer
As the long summer holidays continue in full swing, there's no better time to get children hooked on one of…
Social Business Trust invests in The Reader Organisation
Great news for the Reading Revolution - the Social Business Trust is investing £280,000 in The Reader Organisation, helping us…
Lear at the Mansion House: Tonight’s the Night!
The day has arrived - tonight we'll be bringing Shakespeare's Globe's production of King Lear to Calderstones. With only hours…
Featured Poem: On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again by John Keats
As you may already be aware, big things are happening at Calderstones Mansion House as tomorrow evening, the Garden Theatre…
Lear is nearly here at Calderstones Mansion House
There's less than a week until the Garden Theatre at Calderstones Mansion House is opened for the first time in…
Shared Reading for Healthy Communities: Living Well with Dementia
The next instalment in our series of highlights from this year's The Reader Organisation National Conference recaps our seminar on…
Featured Poem: The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
We recently held a special Afternoon Tea celebration event for our North West volunteers, many of whom are part of…
Dedicated to…: The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories and Lost Loves found in Second-hand Books
Books are amongst the most personal of gifts. The book we choose to give a loved one is informed by…
King Lear – “Shakespeare’s Greatest Tragedy”
As you know, Calderstones Mansion will soon be opening its Garden Theatre for the first time in 30 years, to…
Volunteers Afternoon Tea
On Wednesday 24th July, many of our excellent volunteers from within the North West gathered together to enjoy a lovely…
