Libraries – Wessex Regionalists

Stacking Up

Libraries news tends to be bad news. Closures mainly, accompanied by the snarling of those who think that in the Internet age all books should be burned, as useless relics of a barbarous past. Little thought is given to the social role of libraries as places to meet and share, especially for the elderly andContinueContinue reading “Stacking Up”

Bristol Begins

Nick Xylas reports that preparations are well underway to contest Bristol City Council’s Eastville Ward in local elections this May: “I have almost finished collecting signatures for my nomination papers. The opening date for handing in nomination papers is 22nd March and the closing date is 10th April. It doesn’t help that Bristol Central LibraryContinueContinue reading “Bristol Begins”