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Libraries are the best

sophieduffy wrote 2 months ago: Despite what some people say, I think our libraries are awesome. They are essential to our culture a … more →

Tags: Exeter St Thomas library, Lee Rawlings, Claude comedy waiter, library closures

Gazette column: The council must provide equal access to libraries

Nikki Owen wrote 3 months ago: It’s “Thursday Thoughts” where I post my weekly Gazette newspaper column to my blog so y … more →

Tags: Thursday Thoughts, Gazette column, gloucestershire gazette, Gloucestershire, Column, Equality, Saul, Mobile Libraries, Libraries

What's the value of Culture today?

theresaeaston wrote 4 months ago: What’s the value of culture today? An important question in the current climate of 100% financ … more →

Library funding - here's a good idea2 comments

mgm75 wrote 6 months ago: Novelist Jeanette Winterson has called on the government to charge Amazon, Starbucks and Google unpa … more →

Tags: In The News, Books, Libraries, Reading, Literacy, Education, Budget cuts, Culture

We love our library!9 comments

childtasticbooks wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday, Holly and I attended a 50th birthday party for a very special local celebrity. No, it was … more →

Tags: General and welcome, Old Marston Library, Andrew Smith MP, Maria Ilett, Libraries

I also like to write angry letters to my local paper

izzykoksal wrote 9 months ago: http://lambethsaveourservices.org/2012/07/22/one-of-our-activists-in-the-south-london-press/ … more →

Tags: lambeth libraries, Public libraries, privatization

Ramblings: Save Our Libraries, Save Your Soul

niftysushi wrote 11 months ago: Even though I firmly believe that print books will never die out, I still think that e-books are cha … more →

Tags: News Articles, ramblings, Books 2, Arthur, book, Books, E-Books, huffington post, Library

A Very Sad Story

Kate Bellamy wrote 1 year ago: I have read something terribly sad. No, not that Lauren Goodger has been sacked from TOWIE, worse. … more →

Tags: Opinion, Libraries, Stories, Roald Dhal, David-MCKEE, Herge, fransesa simmons, horrid henry, tin tin

If Sunshine Needs Enemies, it always has the Bay Guardian

harbourwatch wrote 1 year ago: Dear Friends, I often get an e-mail announcing the stories in the Bay Guardian published on Wednesda … more →

Tags: James Chaffee, San Francisco, sunshine ordinance, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Bay Guardian

Making the Case for Libraries

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: Think of all the knowledge, stored in all the libraries, in all the world. Breathtaking, no? Is that … more →

Tags: General Rants, Local Politics, Fiction, Libraries, Books, Wokingham, wargrave, national libraries' day

An Article in the Advertiser

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: It’s now two weeks (nearly) since the disastrous libraries debate at Wokingham Borough Council … more →

Tags: Politics, Local Politics, Labour, Maidenhead, Libraries, Wokingham Borough Council, Twyford Advertiser, Matthew S. Dent, Conseravtives

The Chronicle Joins the Chorus1 comment

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: An article about the libraries debate in the Reading Chronicle, quoting me extensively, and heavily … more →

Tags: Politics, Local Politics, Libraries, Wokingham Borough Council, Library Privatisation, Reading Chronicle

A Borough in Uproar2 comments

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: My letter in the 23rd November 2011 Wokingham Times Regular readers of this blog may recall that las … more →

Tags: Politics, Local Politics, Labour, Wokingham Times, Libraries, Wokingham Borough Council, Privatisation, Outsourcing, Conseravtives

Wokingham Borough's Library Shambles11 comments

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: The shambles I witnessed at Wokingham Borough Council tonight only motivates me to fight harder for … more →

Tags: Local Politics, Politics, Debate, Lib Dems, Libraries, local democracy, Tories, Wokingham Borough Council

A portrait of Bor-ey and Grey #photoblog #CityHallSleepover #PeoplesFilibuster1 comment

capturingtorontopia wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Oh the humanity!, torontopia, Toronto City Hall, City Hall, rob ford, people's filibuster, 3am, city hall sleepover, Core Services Review

A War of Words5 comments

Matthew S. Dent wrote 1 year ago: Joining in a cross-party campaign against the privatisation of Wargrave library So now that I’ … more →

Tags: Politics, Local Politics, Labour, Conservatives, By-election, Wokingham Borough Council, Wargrave Library, Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe

Libraries Will Survive...8 comments

savidgereads wrote 1 year ago: I was actually looking for another, very, very, very, very funny library based clip on youtube when … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, Libraries

Protest urged over library closures

alexandrarucki wrote 2 years ago: Read-in at Bawtry Library, Doncaster PUBLIC protest could prevent library closures, according to Ala … more →

Tags: manchester, Libraries, Barac, Manchester Coalition Against Cuts, Manchester Council

what, more arts cuts?

elliewalkerarnott wrote 2 years ago:  Save our libraries protests took place up and down the country yesterday. Protesters, reacting ag … more →

Tags: Published Blog Posts, Arts, arts cuts, Culture cuts


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