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Rescued by the magic of cinema | Brief letters
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/13/rescued-by-the-magic-of-cinema
Published: October 13, 2026 16:50
Comfort of strangers | Another Battle of Hastings | Autumn lights | Borrowed books | Poly wobblesSuch an inspiring tale of the transformative power of cinema (The one change that worked: numb with grief, I sat in the dark, surrounded by strangers – and…
Tents, night-vision goggles, bear tracking kits – and even books: America’s first nature library opens
Published: October 7, 2026 11:00
As well as books, the new facility in Colorado offers hundreds of kits to connect people with the natural world. We asked five of the first visitors what they thought of itMark Fink knows exactly why he opened the first public nature library in the US.…
‘Dangerous precedent’: authors sue LA library over cancelled Palestine event
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/library-palestine-event-lawsuit
Published: September 29, 2026 13:00
City of LA faces free speech suit after public library officials scrapped two writers’ Read Palestine Week book talksTwo authors have sued the city of Los Angeles over the Los Angeles public library’s (LAPL) cancellation of a Read Palestine Week event…
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
Published: September 26, 2026 11:00
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPTThe University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian Library, as tech companies scour…
Magazine from 1894 returned to New Hampshire library after over 130 years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/magazine-checked-out-late-19th-century-returned
Published: September 16, 2026 13:22
John Hanson, 84, took advantage of fine amnesty at library to return copy that could’ve amounted to $12,055 in late feesA current affairs magazine that was checked out from a New Hampshire library at the end of the 19th century has finally been returned as…
Why all our children deserve the sanctuary of a school library no matter where in Australia they live | Nova Weetman
Published: September 10, 2026 15:00
There is not even a legal requirement for a school to have a library, so their existence relies solely on the individual education systemAt a Catholic primary school in Melbourne’s outer-north, I began a recent visit by showing the students a photograph of…
US public libraries at ‘breaking point’ amid ideological attacks, report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/us-public-libraries-report
Published: September 1, 2026 12:30
PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bansPublic libraries in the US are “at breaking point” because of an onslaught of political interference, harassment and ideological censorship, a…
The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! review – workplace meltdown borrows from classic sitcoms
Published: August 25, 2026 04:00
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspectionThe sign says Plumstanton Library but this could be The Brittas Empire’s Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre,…
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…