Open for all? offers a “think piece“ rather than an intellectual analysis. Columnist John Pateman shares his personal observations on issues and his columns…
Social class is the most significant single determinant of public library use and non-use. A recent study in the U.K. found that 46 per…
I interviewed John Vincent by email in February, 2018. I have known John since we were both chief librarians in London in the 1990s.…
Decolonization is a powerful and contentious word. What does it mean exactly? Is it feasible? Is it desirable? And what does it mean for…
October 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution which began a new stage in the development of librarianship by creating the objective…
“No man is an island entire of itself.” ~ John Donne Cultural appropriation is a “hot button” and deeply polarising issue that is being…
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance" – George Bernard Shaw Given all the fuss that has been made about fake…
Having considered the cultural policies of Ontario and the U.K., I would now like to turn my attention to Cuba, where culture has been…
The timing of the UK’s first white paper for culture in more than 50 years, and only the second ever published, is curious to…