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Lobby for Libraries – Westminster at 11.30am
Today, Speak up for Libraries leads another protest to support and save libraries, with a rally and a lobbying of Parliament at Westminster. The rally starts at 11.30am at Central Hall Westminster,...
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I may occasionally suffer from writer’s block, but I can still write about...
In yesterday’s post, I wrote about a small part of this weekend’s touristy adventures. Today, my parents have headed home, and I am sitting at the table, replete, tired and not really motivated to...
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A future that works – a very different afternoon in the park
At 11am yesterday morning in London, the TUC-organised event A Future That Works began on the Embankment. The march through central London, culminating in a rally at Hyde Park, is another major step in...
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CPD23 Thing Sixteen – from “softly, softly” to the soapbox: advocacy and...
It is with fabulously good timing that I write my response to CPD23 Thing Sixteen: Advocacy, speaking up for the profession and getting published, as yesterday I received confirmation of my place at...
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Making plans for 2013 – Reverb12 Day 7
What’s the one thing you want to take with you into 2013? So asks Reverb12 on Day 7. My immediate reaction was to say family and friends. But having thought about it all day, that’s not a choice,...
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Ring out, wild bells – how to use my New Year’s resolutions to the best...
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells,...
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Voices for the Library: Twitter belongs to me…
… for a week, anyway. World domination needs must start small. Starting on Monday 13 May – just two days to go! – I will be Taking over Twitter through @voiceslibrary. The Twitter Takeover began in the...
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“If you’re my friend, follow me round the bend”: reviewing “The Borrible...
Every child should read Michael de Larrabeiti’s The Borribles books before they hit the age of 10. It’s a wonderful glimpse into what can happen to those children who refuse to grow up, who are judged...
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