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Rare photos from the State Library of Victoria’s historic collection – in pictures
Published: August 13, 2026 15:00
Unique and rarely seen images from the State Library of Victoria’s collection of more than 4.5m photos are now on display in the library’s new exhibition You Have a New Memory Continue reading...
As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals | Letters
Published: August 11, 2026 16:57
Claire Bass says animal welfare is a blind spot for the government. Plus, Chris Phillipson on the libraries operating as ‘cool spaces’, Mick Beeby on lido restoration, and Dr Julian McDonough on NHS pressuresYour article rightly highlights the strain…
Wendy Law obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2026/jul/19/wendy-law-obituary
Published: July 19, 2026 16:31
Ingenious crossword setter who compiled the weekly quiptic in the Guardian under the pseudonym Hectence The quiptic crossword is billed in the Guardian as the “puzzle for beginners and those in a hurry”. The mind-bending tricks and idiosyncratic…
Sphinxes, movie stars and 3m books: inside Los Angeles’s beloved art deco library
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/los-angeles-central-libarary-centenary
Published: July 19, 2026 12:00
The showcase library’s centenary was celebrated by thousands who filled the still-relevant public institutionThe central library in downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of colorful moments.The architectural gem, which turned 100 this week, has been…
Chatsworth House pilots ‘community membership’ free entry scheme
Published: July 13, 2026 11:00
Initiative with Derbyshire Libraries aims to boost access to cultural experiences and ‘champion reading for pleasure’When Kate, a 47-year-old contract worker came face to face with Charlotte Brontë’s handwriting while visiting Chatsworth House, the avid…
‘A counter-narrative of history’: Schomburg Center’s 100 years of celebrating Black culture
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/09/schomburg-center-100-years-black-culture
Published: July 9, 2026 12:00
A Puerto Rico-born New Yorker’s relentless collecting on the African diaspora is still the core of a Harlem institutionGrowing up in Puerto Rico in the late 19th century, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was told by his teacher that Black people had no significant…
‘There’s an aura about it’: 210-year-old first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma on display in Melbourne
Published: July 2, 2026 15:00
The major acquisition is part of an initiative to redress the gender imbalance in the State Library of Victoria’s rare books collectionLast year, when Janeites around the world marked the English author’s 250th birthday, the State Library of Victoria (SLV)…
From a Shakespeare First Folio to Bowie’s handwriting: inside Mona’s new $100m library of 30,000 books
Published: June 22, 2026 03:56
After 10 years of planning, four years of construction and a budget that blew out almost 10 times over, Phrontisterion is finally open in HobartDavid Walsh is nervous.It’s the day before the public opening of his Hobart museum’s new library and wing, and…
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
Published: June 18, 2026 07:00
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubtSome go there to read about the wood that Victorian…
A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/17/rain-exhibition-national-library-scotland
Published: June 17, 2026 05:00
Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, literature, history and identityIt seems fitting that, 250 years ago, one of Scotland’s foremost scientists took a close interest in what is…