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‘A surfyte of cheese doth bringe payne’: Leeds University transcribes early book on cheese
Published: April 18, 2025 12:28
First known such ‘pamflyt’ in English has contemporary resonance, with advice on food intolerances and eating cheese after a mealThey are 450-year-old words of wisdom but they will ring true with anyone rooting around the fridge for late night comfort: “A…
Trump-style book censorship is spreading – just ask British librarians | Alison Hicks
Published: April 16, 2025 14:28
UK schools are coming under pressure to remove titles from their shelves. It’s not coming from the place you might thinkFor all its talk of free speech, the Trump administration seems remarkably comfortable with censorship. Earlier this year, children…
US army and air force libraries ordered to comb stacks for books related to DEI
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/army-air-force-libraries-dei-books
Published: April 16, 2025 12:06
Move comes in preparation for removal of materials that promote DEI, gender ideology and critical race theoryUS politics live – latest updatesUS army and air force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity,…
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Published: April 14, 2025 07:00
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titlesRequests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the…
Dismay as cross-border library caught in US-Canada feud: ‘We just want to stay open’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/us-canada-border-library
Published: April 13, 2025 12:00
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in Vermont. Now, the US is planning to cut off main entrance access to CanadiansThere is only one building in North America, probably in the world, where one can browse bestsellers and…
Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/mississippi-libraries-race-gender-databases
Published: April 11, 2025 11:00
Library commission says state ‘in dire shape’ and has ‘had a reconsideration of everything with regard to’ DogeThe Mississippi library commission, which offers services such as specialized research assistance to libraries in the state, has ordered the…
AI doesn’t care about authors, but Meta should | Letters
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/09/ai-doesnt-care-about-authors-but-meta-should
Published: April 9, 2025 16:59
Timothy X Atack thinks AI models are imitation engines – and they do not celebrate their sources, they conceal them. Abie Longstaff says Meta has stolen far more books than any author could readAndrew Vincent makes a good point in that, very often, artists…
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents
Published: April 8, 2025 14:15
Last year 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups and government entities; with just 16% of ban attempts made by parentsA large majority of attempts to ban books in the US last year came from organised groups rather than…
Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/libraries-trump-administration
Published: April 7, 2025 09:00
Already facing burnout and book bans, librarians face a ‘catastrophe’ for institutions deemed central to democracyFor many librarians, the stakes of the job are high – they’re facing burnout, book bans, legislation pushed by rightwing groups, and providing…
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
Published: March 22, 2025 17:00
Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to eraseIt must be one of the most dangerous book clubs in the world. Before they can feel safe enough to talk about poetry and prose,…