Been writing a blog post to mark the 250th anniversary of Goethe's not-so-young-anymore Young Werther blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
From an Observer article about a forthcoming book of Tolkien’s poems, this is an absolute gem of an anecdote. (I have no time for those who skipped the poems in Hobbit & LotR. When I dislocated my knee aged 16, reciting ‘Earendil was a mariner’ kept me ignoring the pain until the ambulance arrived)
When I was at library school we had to book a limited slot to use the newfangled internet thingy
Discussion on university attendance on R4 this morning highlighted graduates having higher salaries & university being a great way to meet new people, but nobody mentioned being able to study in greater depth a subject you loved at school. For me that was the main point of going to university!
In a bookshop where a toddler is trying to pull a random book off a shelf. Toddler’s dad: No, sweetie, you’re far too young for Karl Ove Knausgaard. I think even I’m too young for Karl Ove Knausgaard.
If you’re into the football, the British Library European Studies blog is going to publish some posts for you, starting with this one blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
With the Euro 24 football championships kicking off tonight, here is the first in a series of blog posts about the beautiful game as reflected in our European collections. Our first post looks at Hung...
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‘Let’s name our cafe after a famous revolutionary!’ ‘Great! How about that guy Guevara? But I can’t remember his first name.’ ‘It was something short. Er…Bob?’ ‘Yeah, that was it. Bob Guevara.’
I think I’ll have to try eating here while I’m in Augsburg. I’ll enjoy the challenge of trying to find their ‘elusive’ atmosphere.
