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A very wonderful essay on library by Alan Bennett

15 years ago

Just came across this essay from the London Review of Books... a really nice op-ed about libraries and how they play an important role in Alan Bennett's life...

Perhaps it's time to get one of those Alan Bennett books down off the shelf... I love how he writes and wasn't that familiar before... I'm sold now.

Here is a link that might be useful: Alan Bennett's essay on libraries

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4 years ago

Now there's an interesting thought, Vee. You may have solved the mystery. Perhaps that's why Houzz was making a rather unusual visit here last night. They're intolerant of any form of solicitation in their forums and removal of same may have caused the thread's instability.

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lemonhead101
Original Author
15 years ago
Moving on down...
J C
15 years ago
How did I miss this? It's quite wonderful, bringing it up so hopefully someone else will see it and read it.
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rosefolly
15 years ago
Yes; I thought there was no need to move it down quite so soon. Thanks for posting the link.
vee_new
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
The London Review of Books is a very respectable publication. I understand one has to pay for a print copies but digital is free. I'm sure it can be trusted. They wont write an essay for you but by reading the articles your own writing style could improve.

This link should get you to the site.

lrb.co.uk
vee_new
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
What has happened to the two comments (no longer above) to which I replied?
User
4 years ago
Vee...this thread originated ten years ago and is likely, very unstable. I visited RP mid evening last night and Houzz had closed RP down for maintenance. Heaven only knows what that entailed but it may have had something to do with this thread. Houzz, overall, has been a tad squirrely in the last several days with photo posting problems on most forums. The photo posting problem has been corrected. Hopefully, other such problems will be so also.
vee_new
4 years ago
Thanks Winter. I did notice the thread was rather long in the tooth! I think the original e s s a y word has brought up those college hopefuls who are looking for someone to do the writing for them.

I wonder how much they are willing to pay . . .?
annpanagain
4 years ago
Re College Students...I like to read the cheat Notes for students about classic books as they have interesting and sometimes irreverent insights. They also have slight mistakes which I wondered might be deliberate. It would be a pointer for an exam marker!

I dread seeing that an i'net favourite place is being upgraded! It usually seems to me a change for the worst. I once had to stop taking a TV magazine when the showing times layout got changed to something more confusing.

Let well alone! Keep the new and enthusiastic graphic artist away!

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