The Reading Agency launch new campaign to combat loneliness and promote wellbeing through the proven power of reading. Read, Talk, Share, is an initiative aimed at combating loneliness and to promote  ...									
								
								
									
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										In 1850, the Public Libraries Act was passed giving local authorities the ability to establish public libraries that were free to all. The provision of books and pamphlets was seen as a way to encoura ...									
								
								
									
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										Last month the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Office for Civil Society and Tracey Crouch MP outlined the Government’s vision to empower and invest in society by announcing the firs ...									
								
								
									
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										The Word Defiant!: 1 May – 28 October, 2018 A five-year National Trust conservation project at one of the nation’s most important historic house libraries has inspired award-winning Theatre Company, L ...									
								
								
									
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