Libraries

Want to rebuild the UK economy, Jeremy Hunt? Start with our beautiful public libraries
Jo Cornish

Want to rebuild the UK economy, Jeremy Hunt? Start with our beautiful public libraries

Libraries can play a key role in long-term inclusive growth, productivity and social support

Inside a warm bank – where Brits struggling with bills are finding shelter: ‘The tea helps a lot’
Warm banks

Inside a warm bank – where Brits struggling with bills are finding shelter: ‘The tea helps a lot’

Wakefield Library opens its doors as a warm bank and community hub, providing a beacon of hope for locals

Inside UK’s ‘vital’ libraries providing ‘warm banks’ as cost of living bites and households struggle
Warm banks

Inside UK’s ‘vital’ libraries providing ‘warm banks’ as cost of living bites and households struggle

Some 93% of public libraries polled by Libraries Connected plan to offer free, heated spaces in the colder months

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Robin Ince: the library is a centre of empathy we cannot afford to lose
Libraries

Robin Ince: the library is a centre of empathy we cannot afford to lose

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How spending cuts have decimated public services since 2010, from libraries to youth clubs
Autumn Statement

How spending cuts have decimated public services since 2010, from libraries to youth clubs

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too
Ian Anstice

Libraries are not just for books – they can help in heatwaves too

‘A library for homeless people can offer more than books, it’s a space to be’
Opinion

‘A library for homeless people can offer more than books, it’s a space to be’

Why Britain’s economy can’t afford to lose the public library
Opinion

Why Britain’s economy can’t afford to lose the public library

Libraries can save us – on book days and every day
Opinion

Libraries can save us – on book days and every day

After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting
Opinion

After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting

Public Library Apparel is making a fashion statement for libraries
Activism

Public Library Apparel is making a fashion statement for libraries

Bobby Seagull: ‘Libraries have a central role to play in a post-Covid world’
News

Bobby Seagull: ‘Libraries have a central role to play in a post-Covid world’

Public Libraries – our new report shows urgent need to boost funding
Books

Public Libraries – our new report shows urgent need to boost funding

John Bird: Final chapter of Essex library campaign gives hope to all
Opinion

John Bird: Final chapter of Essex library campaign gives hope to all

Schools in Scotland are replacing library staff with their own students
Books

Schools in Scotland are replacing library staff with their own students

Sleeper hit: You can bed down for the night at Gladstone’s Library
News

Sleeper hit: You can bed down for the night at Gladstone’s Library

Peter Fellows: What are libraries for?
Opinion

Peter Fellows: What are libraries for?

Blackadder actor blasts cunning plan to close Bristol libraries
News

Blackadder actor blasts cunning plan to close Bristol libraries

Meet the bin men who built their own library (and it wasn’t rubbish!)
News

Meet the bin men who built their own library (and it wasn’t rubbish!)

Fire and Fury: A President’s library
Books

Fire and Fury: A President’s library

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