Libraries
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A Point of View. Dangerous places, libraries. Audio, 10 minutes
Val McDermid on why public libraries must be kept open.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
People Fixing The World. The Little Libraries Bringing Books into People’s Homes. Audio, 23 minutes
Small boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted4 November 2018
The Essay. Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass, Gladstone's Library. Audio, 14 minutes
Novelist Melissa Harrison on the joy of 'sleeping with books' at Gladstone's Library.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted27 September 2017
Short Cuts. Series 11, So It Goes. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long presents radio adventures inspired by Kurt Vonnegut.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Health Check. Libraries - Good for Your Health as Well as for Books? Audio, 27 minutes
Can librarians improve people’s health?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Syria’s Secret Library. Audio, 27 minutes
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. Syria's Secret Library. Audio, 28 minutes
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted1 October 2015
Four Thought. Series 2, James Daunt: In Defence of Bookshops. Audio, 15 minutes
James Daunt argues libraries and bookshops should be vital social and cultural spaces.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Into the Music Library. Audio, 30 minutes
An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Open Book. 20/03/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Will Self about cuts to UK libraries.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year