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The Strangest Home Libraries: Rotating Bookcases and Hidden Tunnels
Step into the realm of imagination with these incredible home libraries! From rotating bookcases to secret tunnels, every corner holds a delightful surprise. 📚✨ Discover how creativity turns reading ...
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Amarie Gipson On The Reading Room, Houston’s Black Art and Culture Library
Amarie Gipson is the founder of The Reading Room, an independent reference library with more than 700 books devoted to Black ...
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From Chelsea to the British Library, garden shows are blooming
There’s fascinating tech at London’s garden shows – from a mini greenhouse that transported live plants to Victorian England ...
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Inside the Japanese Style Room: History, Design, and Modern Practice
Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...
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Protesters attempt to leave reading room protest as Public Safety demands identification
Wien Reading Room in Butler Library have attempted to leave the room, but Public Safety officers have blocked the exit. Protesters have been asked to show their identification, but none have complied, ...
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Queen’s reading charity partners with British Neuroscience Association after research reveals how books boost brain health
“The Queen’s Reading Room is privileged to be partnering with The British Neuroscience Association on this landmark event in the scientific calendar. “As a charity, we are passionate about ...
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Water pipe bursts in UI Main Library, closes Special Collections Reading Room
The pipe was located in a vacant office within the Special Collections and Archives and burst on Monday, closing the library’s Special Collection Reading Room. The UI Special Collections and Archives ...
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The 11 British interior design styles you are going to want to bring into your home – no matter which side of the pond you live on
It ties in all the colors of the room and drives ... traditional joinery in this library was to evoke quintessentially British warmth and sophistication,' explains interior designer Rosanna ...
Time Out2mon
The British Library is getting an enormous £1.1 billion expansion
The British Library is officially getting a ‘groundbreaking’ makeover. A staggering £1.1 billion is going towards making the building by St Pancras station bigger, better and more innovative ...
London Evening Standard2mon
British Library's huge £1.1 billion extension goes ahead after securing Japanese backing
Work is due to start next year with completion by 2032. Under the terms of the agreement, the British Library will grant a long lease of the land to Mitsui Fudosan owned development partner SMBL ...
Washington Times2mon
What goes on in a Christian Science reading room?
It’s like a waiting room without a doctor. Is it a church, and what does it have to do with science? Are they Scientologists? Christian Science reading rooms are not churches - although they are ...
London Evening Standard3mon
Woman wins £7,500 at employment tribunal after complaining British Library was too noisy to work in
A woman who claimed the British Library was too noisy to work in has reportedly won £7,500 in an employment tribunal. Lidia Kogut sued the King’s Cross institution for “failing to make ...