Our Founding Patron, Dr Sandy Lerner OBE, took the decision late last year to step down from our Board of Trustees, and to cease funding Chawton House Library from 2018 onwards. Dr Lerner’s support through her foundation the Bosack [...]
Happy April Fools Day! April Fools Day is by no means a new invention. The day, in fact, has a long tradition including some truly dedicated pranksters. On this April Fools Day we’d like to draw your attention to some [...]
To celebrate Mother's Day, we've taken a look at some of the early nineteenth-century parenting books on our shelves.While mothers two centuries ago might have lacked such useful tools as baby monitors and tearless shampoo, not to mention antibiotics, they did [...]
Recently we received another very generous bespoke adoption for our Adopt a Book scheme. As the book in question is currently on display as part of our "Emma at 200" exhibition, we have recorded the fact that Gina [...]
Isabel Rogers, Poet Laureate of Hampshire, has written four poems inspired by her time at Chawton House Library. This is the fourth and final poem and was composed on the lawn in between the column of trees which lead back [...]
Isabel Rogers, Poet Laureate of Hampshire, has written four poems inspired by her time at Chawton House Library. This is the first of four poems and was composed in our Oak Room. Although it is indeed a 'Ladies' Withdrawing Room', [...]