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UK study reveals schools are banning LGBTQ+ books after complaints
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If the couple's mission was to make reading relevant again then this is a total triumph. A long queue of people regularly wait to get inside the Barcelona library, in scenes more reminiscent of a concert than a reading room in a quiet area of the city.
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British Library puts catalogue back online after 2023 cyber attack
The UK's biggest library faced a massive cyber attack that took the entire collection offline.
A 15th century manuscript offers a peek into medieval stand-up comedy
A new study by a Cambridge English professor explores comedic texts believed to have been written by an unknown medieval minstrel.
Northern Italy floods leave museums and churches submerged
Museums, libraries and churches have been inundated with water.
Austrian World Heritage Site Melk Abbey is being restored
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Here's the winner of the UK's Museum of the Year 2022
Art Fund has announced the winner for its prestigious 2022 Museum of the Year award.
Mobile libraries restart for the first time since Taliban takeover
Many schools in Afghanistan lack their own library, but after a three-month break, the Taliban's education ministry granted permission for the mobile libraries to restart.
Pope to open new diversity art space in Vatican's Apostolic Library
The Vatican Library will host exhibitions combining old and new that reflect Pope Francis's progressive appeals on climate and other issues.
At Denmark’s Human Library, you can read people like a book
The Human Library invites people to 'publish' their story in 30 minute conversations with 'readers'.
London's 'tart cards' reveal history of sex work, design and printing
Titillation or a sociological document. Euronews takes a look at the phenomenon of 'tart cards', the way London's sex workers got themselves noticed.
Bridging history and modernity: the multipurpose space shaking up Pisa
In partnership with the European Commission
The EU funded 'Officine Garibaldi' is a multipurpose space bringing together the local community as well as visitors to Pisa. It provides cultural events, co-working spaces for local entities, as well as many other functions.
Oodi, the future-facing Helsinki new public library
A true democratisation of resources.
Wooden library lures bookworms to village outside Beijing
Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, a wooden library sits just over a creek on the outskirts of Beijing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.
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