‘I bought a £435 all-you-can-fly pass and travel the world for £9 a ticket’

For most students, the choice of where to complete their university assignments is usually between their bedroom and the ...

Which anthologized writers and books get checked out most frequently from Seattle Public Library?

Seattle Public Library (SPL) is the only U.S. library system that makes its anonymized, granular checkout data public. Want ...

2025: Year In Review, Part 2

The Depot on Main claims the title as Burger Week champion, beating out longtime title holder Old Town Grill, and in their first year under new ownership. — The second annual Corbin Pride takes over ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand’s Plants With Captain Cook’s Crew

Long-overlooked documents housed at London's Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between ...
New Scientist

Exercise may relieve depression as effectively as antidepressants

A comprehensive review confirms the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact reasons remain unclear ...

'Previously unavailable' collection of Sylvia Plath material acquired by Yale library

The material is "likely the only major archive related to Sylvia Plath that isn’t already in an institutional library," ...
London Evening Standard

Scandals, grossly underpaid staff and a devastating cyber attack. Inside the nightmare at the British library

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Librarians are the patron saints of hushed tones. But on a grey December morning in King’s ...
London Free Press

Cornies: Library looking for input into its next 10-year plan

“One table, two chairs,” London Public Library CEO Michael Ciccone told two employees as they milled around the first-floor entrance to the central branch on Monday morning. The employees and a pair ...
The Art Newspaper

Hundreds at London’s British Library go on strike, as Tate workers consider action

Around 300 workers at the British Library in London have gone on strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), which organised the industrial action, says that its ...
BBC

Bloomsbury's library of lost maps

At the heart of University College London, nestled in the centre of Bloomsbury, lies a long-forgotten map library packed with thousands of maps and atlases. After Professor James Cheshire stumbled ...
The Independent

British Library workers to strike in pay dispute

Workers at the British Library are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members at the site in London will walk out from October 27 ...
Londonist

Ring This Doorbell And Enter A Stunning Library In Piccadilly

Sequestered off the bustling thoroughfare of Piccadilly, you'll be familiar with the Royal Academy of Arts, which lies through a grand, putti-flanked archway. But while passing through said archway, ...