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A Place Like No Other: London’s little-known libraries

The future of many city libraries is uncertain but, thanks to All the Libraries in London, which indexes and celebrates these important institutions, they’re increasingly visible. Here, in honour of World Book Day, the project’s founders Simon Elvins and Ruth Beale make the case for some of the city’s most special examples

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words: Simon Elvins and Ruth Beale
interior photography: Ellen Hancock

A Place Like No Other: London’s little-known libraries

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