The London Library

When I opened my computer this morning, Google flashed an article from Country Life in front of me which, because of its lovely picture of books, I opened up and found it was an article about the London Library in which I am quoted.

I owe the London Library a great deal and use it constantly. I like the helpfulness of its staff at the front desk and the curious arrangement of the stacks at the back, with topography down in the basement and a section on the history of museums in Science and Miscellaneous. In the early 1980s, I was sometimes the only person in the Reading Room apart from John Julius Norwich. Now it is always packed.

Here is the article:-

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/there-is-nowhere-else-quite-so-full-of-illustrious-stories-and-yet-so-welcoming-in-the-capital-why-the-london-library-is-an-institution-like-no-other?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=Clicked%20Last%2060
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  1. mitcheen's avatar mitcheen says:

    Dear Charles

    Have you seen this?

    https://towerhamletsslice.co.uk/whitechapel/new-st-georges-leisure-centre-approved-despite-listed-church-concerns/

    I used to swim in the old St George’s & attend that church for school services (also St Dunstan’s).

    What I don’t understand is how ‘architects’ are able to design buildings with total disregard of the area.

    There appears to be a real lack of care and respect for architectural history. Tower Hamlets has been obliterated with poorly designed social housing stock which does not have community in mind.

    Best Elaine

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