Resource Centre
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Friday 11.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m
Saturday 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Sunday 10.00 a.m.-5.30 p.m.
Monday - closed, (except Bank Holidays, when closed Tuesday).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WORTHATTENTION RESOURCE CENTRE AT TAURUS CRAFTS WILL BE CLOSED AFTER 1st MARCH 2009.
TAURUS CRAFTS WILL REMAIN OPEN AS USUAL
WorthAttention Resource Centre until 1st March 2009
WorthAttention' has its physical base in the newly extended premises of Taurus Crafts. The main buildings consist of what was once the Georgian coach house, farm buildings and courtyard of the Lydney Park Estate. This is a magnificent estate, owned by Lord Bledisloe, on the edge of the Forest of Dean, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. Taurus Crafts is one of the most interesting places to visit in the Forest of Dean.
As part of the Camphill Village Trust it employs adults with special needs in many of its activities. The centre includes an organic restaurant, a four acre organic garden, food shop, pottery, gift shop, jewellery shop, stained-glass studio, picture-framer and the studio of well known local artist Kathy Lewis.
The ‘WorthAttention' Resource Centre/bookshop overlooks a newly landscaped garden which includes an outdoor cafe (open in fine weather only) and plenty of outdoor seating. In the bookshop visitors may either buy or just browse thousands of new or second-hand books mainly related to the work and ideas of Rudolf Steiner, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Joseph Beuys but also other notable thinkers. Many books are sold at prices highly reduced from the publishers' prices. The books include topics such as Science, Goethean Science, Art, Architecture, Plants and Gardens, Biodynamics, Waldorf Education, Health and Medicine, Philosophy, Art, Literature, Romanticism, Life Sciences, Evolution, Environmental issues. We also stock current and recent editions of 'New View', a magazine devoted to anthroposophy. The room is also equipped with multimedia facilities and shows films on such subjects as the Camphill movement, Waldorf education, Spiritual Science.
Products relating to these personalities are also available. These include many products that have been sourced from the Goethe Museum shop in Weimar and include hand-blown glass Goethe barometers and drinking glasses, Goethe and Schiller biscuit cutters, key-rings depicting the Goethe Colour Wheel, Goethe sweatshirts, marble replicas of Goethe's Good Luck Stone, busts in different sizes of Goethe and Schiller, CD's and DVD's of music associated with Goethe, and many different postcards and booklets.
Adjoining the bookshop is a fully equipped exhibition/function room where courses, talks and activities are held. Many of these events are chosen to appeal to an audience that may be quite unfamiliar with the artistic, scientific and spiritual ideas of these personalities.
Books for Borrowing
I regret that the library facilities are temporarily suspended until the reorganisation involved due to the impending move is completed (expected to be approx end May 2009).
I am gradually listing on the Excel spreadsheet link below all books for borrowing. So far there are some 1500 books on this list but I have a total of almost 13,000 books to list.
Click below to download an Excel spreadsheet of loan books:
Available Books Excel Spreadsheet
