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Marcovaldo, by Italo Calvino As it’s Plastic-Free July, our book review blog will be the title ‘Marcovaldo’ by Italo Calvino. This week, Richard from Brompton Library will be reviewing Marcovaldo, by...
View ArticleInternational Cat Day
Biographies from the Basement August 2021 – International Cat Day August 8th is International Cat Day, when the British charity International Cat Care invites us to focus on the welfare of domestic...
View ArticleHolocaust Memorial Day 2022: One Day
Every month or so, our colleague, Claudia takes a look at our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. It’s a collection of 80,000 books to which we add 1,000 new titles a year....
View ArticleBiographies from the Basement: April 2022
Our colleague, Claudia is back with her monthly blog post about our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. Over to Claudia to tell us more – During April we are having two...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – British and Commonwealth memoirs from seven...
You can’t have failed to notice the media coverage of the fact that this year marks the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty has become the longest serving British monarch...
View ArticleBiographies from the Basement: making things
Our colleague, Claudia is back with her monthly blog post about our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. September’s display of books at Kensington Central Library focuses on...
View ArticleBiographies from the Basement: Black History Month 2022
Our colleague, Claudia is back with her monthly blog post about our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. Over to Claudia – At Kensington Central Library this month we a display...
View ArticleBiographies from the Basement: Marcel Proust
Our colleague, Claudia is back with her monthly blog post about our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. Over to Claudia – Next Friday 18 November marks the centenary of the...
View ArticleBiographies from the Basement: Miscellaneous Delights
Our colleague, Claudia is back with her monthly blog post about our special Biographies Collection at Kensington Central Library. Over to Claudia – I have had great fun this month finding titles for...
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