Apr 9, 2016
#carnegieoccupation Shame on the council and shame on the government @defendtheten (at Carnegie Library)
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#carnegieoccupation Shame on the council and shame on the government @defendtheten (at Carnegie Library)
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Carnegie Library Occupation
Why Did You and Stella Duffy Get 220 Writers to Sign a Letter about Lambeth Libraries?
Why Did You and Stella Duffy Get 220 Writers to Sign a Letter about Lambeth Libraries?
Because we were asked to by the good people currently occupying Carnegie Library.
Because we love libraries generally but we also specifically love our local libraries, in Lambeth, London. We want all ten of them to stay open as libraries, with librarians, not gyms, without librarians.
And because this is something we could do. We’re writers, so we write; sometimes stories for amusement,…
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springtime in lambeth
it is springtime now because the cherry trees are in full bloom while the magnolia petals slowly drop and the landlord has informed us of a 20% hike in rent to match the current market rates———and the foxes have ceased screaming for sex and the vixens are seeded for summer and the councillors are posting yawning cat gifs in response to occupiers in the library that was meant to close last thursday——— and the daffodils are holding out longer than usual as shopowners under the arches dig their heels in despite notice to vacate and the punitive hike in rates should they dare to return———and the song birds hold no regard for daylight saving time as the music venue sits silent in the years since the flood subsided———and if you close your eyes in brockwell park you might think youre in hampstead with the rp strains of the farmers market clientele walking off al fresco bellyfuls as the residents of cressingham gardens estate realise that european human rights rulings hold little sway against the high priests of regeneration———in the window of the juice bar on dulwich road linton kwesi johnson keeps a low profile in a baseball cap and jeans for fear his usual sartorial snap will turn him into a letting agents blurb———the last of autumns leaves have been swept away like paint wiped from the brixton foxtons window———we would leave right now if it wasn’t for having nowhere to go and the suspicion that someone is watching from afar for the next up and coming area if we did———i write these lines from the top of the hill———in times of war the higher ground is vital