Annie Talve

A 3,200km tour of small Australian libraries taught me just how vital they are | Paul Daley In the sleepiest towns I found bustling, light-filled places eager for conversations about books and writing

Another love letter to libraries: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine? | Brigid Delaney All of us, no matter what our circumstances, have the ability to be more wise, more just, more courageous and more moderate

Wise words in troubled times: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Well said, Richard Tognetti: They want to silence the ANU’s music school. This is tone-deaf vandalism

NSW spending $1.5m on literary hub to rival Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre and boost Sydney Writers festival Funding will mean 75 Sydney Writers festival events will take place over next 12 months

A fantastic initiative. Not jsut for Sydney, but for those of us living in regional NSW cities. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Indonesia’s stunning microlibraries draw young readers – in pictures Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle

Imaginative and useful. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There should be more mobile libraries ..everywhere.

Australia: Australians have soundly rejected Trump-style culture wars. Now Albanese must act with courage and vision

Spot on, as always.

‘It shapes the whole experience’: what happens when you build a city from wood?

Is There Hope for America? Heather Cox Richardson Thinks So | The Tyee The time is now to band together, says the celebrated historian and writer. A Tyee interview.

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TACTILE BALTICS Baltic Design Exhibition | 7-13 April 2025 | MoscaPartners Variations | Palazzo Litta, Corso Magenta 24, 20121 Milano. Tactile Baltics presents a curated showcase of contemporary Baltic design, cel...

Would love to go to this: tactilebaltics.com

Surrounded by beauty: Simone Young: ‘There hasn’t really been a woman ageing in this profession before. It’s uncharted territory’

Who gets to be political in Australian art?

Brilliant, as always from Cathy Wilcox.

Libraries are safe havens for vulnerable people – so some are hiring social workers to help

Remembering their names: the visionary, forgotten women who reshaped our worlds so thrillingly

Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library By Daphna Blatt & Dr. E.K. Maloney, The New York Public LibraryDr. James O. Pawelski & Dr. Katherine N. Cotter, University of Pennsylvania In today’s society, libraries stand out as among the last tru...

“The Library offers us hope that we can do something, that we can make a change, that we can advance.”

New study from NYPL shows the impact libraries has on communities well-being www.nypl.org/spotlight/li...

Cultural preservation and empowerment: rural Indian women seize the mic

Inspiring: Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest

It’s fabulous, Sarah.

Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study Genetic analysis of Roman soldier or gladiator buried in York reveals 25% of his ancestry came from Scandinavia People with Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain long before the Anglo-Saxons or the Vikings turned up, researchers have found after studying…

Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study

Punching above their weight: How Australian architects made the world take notice in 2024

Two icons meet.

What comes next for Syria’s women? A revolution that doesn’t free them is no revolution at all.

Well done, New Jersey.

‘The EU wants Ukraine to win this war’: who is its new chief diplomat Kaja Kallas?

Scenario thinking at its best.

Inspiring: No-waste guru Joost Bakker on building homes of the future

Blast from the past. Excellent.

Joint statement by the Heads of Government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden We, the Heads of Government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden met today in Harpsund, Sweden, at a pivotal time for o...

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