A council has been accused of ‘acting like communist China‘ for suspending a loyal librarian of 34 years. Maureen O’Bern, 58, says she has been punished by Wigan council, Greater Manchester, after raising concerns about the £130million redevelopment of The Galleries shopping centre. In social media posts, Ms O’Bern, who worked at Leigh Library, south … Read more
The chief librarian of the British Library has claimed ‘racism is the creation of white people’, it has been reported. Liz Jolly, who has been the institution’s chief librarian since 2018, is urging white members of staff at the British Library to support the Anti Racism action plan, according to the Telegraph. In a video … Read more
A librarian has revealed they did rearrange books behind Boris Johnson during a speech to form a covert message, but the message wasn’t intended for him. Eagle-eyed social media users claimed the librarian at the school in Leicestershire, where the Prime Minister made a speech yesterday, may have deliberately placed books such as ‘The Twits’ … Read more