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Culture · 2 min Independent bookshop opens in a former bank on Ropewalk Lane, vault and all Two former librarians have turned a 1920s bank into a bookshop, with children's books in the old strongroom and a reading table where the counter used to be. Ana Sousa · 23 October 2026, 03:43

Culture · 2 min Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight. Isabel Duarte · 22 October 2026, 03:36

Culture · 10 photos · 1 min For bookworms: frames from shelves that overflow Books piled to the ceiling, leather bindings and old editions with yellowing pages. Marcus Feld · 18 October 2026, 23:14

Culture · 10 photos · 1 min The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms. Elena Sokolova · 16 October 2026, 23:14

Culture · 3 min In defence of reading slowly In an age of speed and summaries, losing yourself unhurriedly in a book has become a rarer and more precious experience. Margaret Ellison · 14 October 2026, 11:26

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