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45 libraries around Suffolk have been operating as warm spaces since November as part of Suffolk Libraries wider Be Kind in Kind campaign, offering…
45 libraries around Suffolk have been operating as warm spaces since November as part of Suffolk Libraries wider Be Kind in Kind campaign, offering…
Clare Reads chose to promote Niall Williams‘ This is Happiness last month. This reading initiative was part of the Ireland Reads campaign and Clare County Council’s Keep Well Campaign. Over 500 books were distributed for free in County Clare in February and this programme of events will support the reading and further explore the themes of the book. Extracts from the book will be read each night at 9pm on Clare FM starting on the 1st of March for two weeks. Many are finding it difficult to read a book at the moment so it was important that people had the opportunity to access it in a...
Full programme for 15th Ennis Book Club Festival launched THE full programme for the 15th Ennis Book Club Festival was announced this week. This year’s festival will be a hybrid of online events in March with live events taking place in April and September. As always Ennis Book Club Festival 2021 will offer opportunities to engage with favourite authors and features an additional programme of events for younger readers. While the festival cannot welcome book lovers to Ennis this March as ever, it will provide plenty of events to stimulate discussion and inspire reading, from the comfort of ...
The Irish man who tried to steal the British Crown Jewels Irish man Thomas Blood made an attempt to steal the British crown jewels in 1671. Facebook Comments Thomas Blood, believed to have been some sort of double-secret agent, engineered a seemingly insane plot in the only close attempt in history to steal the famous jewels from the Tower of London. Known as one of the most audacious thieves in British history, Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London using a disguise and plan that turned into madness and ended in arrest. And to top it all he ...