Tag: Libraries

  • Libraries in my life

    I’ve been thinking about the libraries in my life and have just realised that they have played a more important role than I thought. The first library I remember was mine! I went to boarding school and the library mostly had very old books. I realised that if I collected all the boy’s own books…

  • Why bother reading books or keeping libraries?

    I just caught the end of an interview with Michael Rosen on breakfast TV this morning. He was asked why we should bother to read books now that reading is going over to Kindles and iPads. He hesitated a moment, the same way I hesitated last week when asked for a quote by the Hereford…