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Ana Sousa Culture
Independent bookshop opens in a former bank on Ropewalk Lane, vault and all
Why it matters: Two former librarians have turned a 1920s bank into a bookshop, with children's books in the old strongroom and a reading table where the counter used to be.
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Isabel Duarte Culture
Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room
Why it matters: After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight.
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Marcus Feld 10 photos Culture
For bookworms: frames from shelves that overflow
Why it matters: Books piled to the ceiling, leather bindings and old editions with yellowing pages.
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Elena Sokolova 10 photos Culture
The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence
Why it matters: From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.
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Margaret Ellison Culture
In defence of reading slowly
Why it matters: In an age of speed and summaries, losing yourself unhurriedly in a book has become a rarer and more precious experience.
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