"Bury Knowle library is one of the most beautiful public libraries in England, thanks to its sylvan setting in an exceptionally handsome building. It must have helped thousands of children to learn to love books.
It is one of those institutions that makes Oxford different from anywhere else, a tranquil corner reserved for thought and imagination in a world largely given over to crassness and noise. I understand that there is less money about than there was, but I cannot believe that the local authority is unable to think of anything else to cut, given its top-heavy, amply-rewarded bureaucracy. It is a sign of irresponsibility and short-sightedness among officers and councillors that they should even have considered closing such an irreplaceable asset. "
Peter Hitchens, author and journalist.
http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/
It is one of those institutions that makes Oxford different from anywhere else, a tranquil corner reserved for thought and imagination in a world largely given over to crassness and noise. I understand that there is less money about than there was, but I cannot believe that the local authority is unable to think of anything else to cut, given its top-heavy, amply-rewarded bureaucracy. It is a sign of irresponsibility and short-sightedness among officers and councillors that they should even have considered closing such an irreplaceable asset. "
Peter Hitchens, author and journalist.
http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/
Well said, Mr. Hitchens.
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