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  • A Books Etc bookseller now closed, a victim of the UK recession, a former branch in the financial City of London. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    books_etc01-30-01-2013.jpg
  • A Books Etc bookseller now closed, a victim of the UK recession, a former branch in the financial City of London. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
    books_etc02-30-01-2013.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows01-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows02-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Some of the many best-selling non-fiction book titles are well-presented in the window of Daunt Books on Cheapside in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    bookshop_windows03-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Surrounded by books, a young 12 year-old girl browses intensely Art books in Borders bookshop in Central London, England.
    ella_borders_bookshop02-29-08-2007.jpg
  • Surrounded by books is British Roman Catholic journalist, historian, speechwriter and author, Paul Johnson on 21st February 1992 in London England. Paul Bede Johnson (b1928) is an English journalist, historian, speechwriter and author. He was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Johnson first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for, and later editing, the New Statesman magazine. A prolific writer, he has written over 40 books and contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers. While associated with the left in his early career, he is now a conservative popular historian.
    paul_johnson-21-02-1992.jpg
  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop 'Barter Books' in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    alnwick-11-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop 'Barter Books' in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    alnwick-09-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Closing down and all stock must go posters outside branch of 'Books Etc.' after the closure of parent company Borders.
    shop_window03-02-12-2009.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-27-20-05-2020.jpg
  • An employee of London bookshop retailer, Foyles makes changes to the window of the books and literature retailer on Charing Cross Road, during the Coronavirus pandemic at a time when only some retailers and business are re-opening while office workers still largely work from home, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    foyles_exterior02-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-19-20-05-2020.jpg
  • An employee of London bookshop retailer, Foyles makes changes to the window of the books and literature retailer on Charing Cross Road, during the Coronavirus pandemic at a time when only some retailers and business are re-opening while office workers still largely work from home, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    foyles_exterior06-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-28-20-05-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-26-20-05-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-22-20-05-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-17-20-05-2020.jpg
  • An employee of London bookshop retailer, Foyles makes changes to the window of the books and literature retailer on Charing Cross Road, during the Coronavirus pandemic at a time when only some retailers and business are re-opening while office workers still largely work from home, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    foyles_exterior03-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-23-20-05-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-20-20-05-2020.jpg
  • An employee of London bookshop retailer, Foyles makes changes to the window of the books and literature retailer on Charing Cross Road, during the Coronavirus pandemic at a time when only some retailers and business are re-opening while office workers still largely work from home, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    foyles_exterior04-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-18-20-05-2020.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library11-31-03-2016.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea06-13-11-2020.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea07-13-11-2020.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-25-20-05-2020.jpg
  • A young reader collects books to borrow in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they don't want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and it's believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-39-15-02-2018.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library24-31-03-2016.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library28-31-03-2016.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library29-31-03-2016.jpg
  • Text books about maths, probablity and risk, belonging to mathematician and Risk guru, Professor David Spiegelhalter at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
    david_spiegelhalter50-28-05-2014.jpg
  • A reader looks through books in the Linen Hall Library in Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland.
    linen_library01-26-09-1996.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-21-20-05-2020.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library23-31-03-2016.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library09-31-03-2016.jpg
  • The number of UK deaths from Coronavirus, a further 363 victims taking the total to 35,704, coincided with the hottest day of the year so far, with 27.8 degrees recorded at Heathrow Airport, and a mother and daughter read their books on the steps of their home's porch in late sunshine while still under the UK government's lockdown rules of social distancing - during a warm evening in Lambeth, south London, on 20th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_Ruskin-24-20-05-2020.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea03-13-11-2020.jpg
  • The community library box of books and terraced housing on Teviotdale Place alongside the Waters of Leith, in Edinburgh, on 26th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
    edinburgh-35-26-06-2019.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library08-31-03-2016.jpg
  • Wrapped in a sleeping bag, a homeless person lies in the doorway of Waterstones bookshop which is displaying copies of both Michelle and Barack Obama's bestselling books ('Becoming' and 'A Promised Land' respectively), on Piccadilly, on 2nd February 2021, in London, England.
    west_end_night03-02-02-2021.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea05-13-11-2020.jpg
  • A shopper walks past Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea02-13-11-2020.jpg
  • Books line the shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. The British Academy was proposed in 1899 for the promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological studies library is now used for study and research (and even for licensed marriage ceremonies). It moved to 10-12 Carlton House Terrace in 1998 but the address was built during the late 1820s and early 1830s on land previously occupied by Carlton House, the residence of the Prince Regent, who became George IV. The neoclassical terrace was conceived by architect John Nash.
    british_academy-02-17-09-2017.jpg
  • An employee of London bookshop retailer, Foyles makes changes to the window of the books and literature retailer on Charing Cross Road, during the Coronavirus pandemic at a time when only some retailers and business are re-opening while office workers still largely work from home, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England.
    foyles_exterior01-02-09-2020.jpg
  • Text books about maths, probablity and risk, belonging to mathematician and Risk guru, Professor David Spiegelhalter at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
    david_spiegelhalter49-28-05-2014.jpg
  • Surrounded by books, a young 12 year-old girl browses intensely Art books in Borders bookshop in Central London, England.
    ella_borders_bookshop01-29-08-2007.jpg
  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop 'Barter Books' in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    alnwick-12-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Surrounded by used books is an elderly gentleman reading a title the the shelves of the second-hand bookshop 'Barter Books' in the Northumbrian town of Alnwick, on 26th September 2017, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
    alnwick-10-26-09-2017.jpg
  • Surrounded by books is British Roman Catholic journalist, historian, speechwriter and author, Paul Johnson portrait at home. Paul Bede Johnson (born 2 November 1928) is an English journalist, historian, speechwriter and author. He was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Johnson first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for, and later editing, the New Statesman magazine. A prolific writer, he has written over 40 books and contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers. While associated with the left in his early career, he is now a conservative popular historian. His sons are the journalist Daniel Johnson, founder of Standpoint, and the businessman Luke Johnson, former chairman of Channel 4..
    paul_johnson-21-02-1992.jpg
  • The many covers of childrens' illustrated fiction books displayed on the ground in a Brighton side-street market stall.
    childrens_books01-01-05-2010.jpg
  • Young lady looks through art books in the Paul Smith shop in Heathrow airport's terminal 5
    heathrow_airport995-11-08-2009.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library27-31-03-2016.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea08-13-11-2020.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library22-31-03-2016.jpg
  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_prayers07-16-1997.jpg
  • A shopper wearing a face shield walks past Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea09-13-11-2020.jpg
  • A dog walker passes Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea04-13-11-2020.jpg
  • A reflection of books in a bookshop window and pedestrians crossing the road with a pet dog, on 24th September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-361-24-09-2019.jpg
  • A young reader collects books to borrow in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they don't want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and it's believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-37-15-02-2018.jpg
  • Books line the shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. The British Academy was proposed in 1899 for the promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological studies library is now used for study and research (and even for licensed marriage ceremonies). It moved to 10-12 Carlton House Terrace in 1998 but the address was built during the late 1820s and early 1830s on land previously occupied by Carlton House, the residence of the Prince Regent, who became George IV. The neoclassical terrace was conceived by architect John Nash.
    british_academy-03-17-09-2017.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library01-31-03-2016.jpg
  • Text books about maths, probablity and risk, belonging to mathematician and Risk guru, Professor David Spiegelhalter at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
    david_spiegelhalter45-28-05-2014.jpg
  • Books on sale in a London bookshop, the collection inside the Whitechapel Gallery in central London.
    bookshop1-30-12-2011.jpg
  • Christmas books stock in the window of a closed Chelsea branch of Waterstones on the King's Road during the second Coronavirus lockdow when most non-essential retailers and small businesses remain closed by order of the government, on 13th November 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_chelsea01-13-11-2020.jpg
  • The community library box of books and terraced housing on Teviotdale Place alongside the Waters of Leith, in Edinburgh, on 26th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
    edinburgh-36-26-06-2019.jpg
  • A young reader collects books to borrow in the re-opened Carnegie Library on Herne Hill in south London which has opened its doors for the first time in almost 2 years, on 15th February 2018, in London, England. Closed by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in 2016, the library bequeathed by US philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary. A gym that locals say they don't want or need has been installed in the listed basement and actual library space a fraction as before and it's believed no qualified librarians will be present to administer it. Protesters also believe this community building will ultimately sold off by Lambeth council for luxury homes.
    carnegie_library-38-15-02-2018.jpg
  • Books line the shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. The British Academy was proposed in 1899 for the promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological studies library is now used for study and research (and even for licensed marriage ceremonies). It moved to 10-12 Carlton House Terrace in 1998 but the address was built during the late 1820s and early 1830s on land previously occupied by Carlton House, the residence of the Prince Regent, who became George IV. The neoclassical terrace was conceived by architect John Nash.
    british_academy-01-17-09-2017.jpg
  • In the final hours before the closure, locals use the facilities of Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, SE24, in the south London borough of Lambeth, which has angered the local community who have occupied their important resouce for learning and social hub. After a long campaign by locals, Lambeth council have gone ahead and closed the library's doors for the last time at 6pm because, they say, cuts to their budget mean millions must be saved. A gym will replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it. London borough’s budget cuts mean four of its 10 libraries will either close, move or be run by volunteers.
    carnegie_library26-31-03-2016.jpg
  • A pile of clothes, books and miscellaneous items left outside a south London charity shop lie useless in the gutter.
    charity_pile1-12-09-2011.jpg
  • Paperbacks and hardbacks on sale at the well-known book stall beneath Waterloo Bridge on London's South Bank.
    waterloo_books-06-11-2000.jpg
  • Book covers and spines on shelf at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
    buddhist_retreat51-27-06-2010.jpg
  • A cyclist throws a library book into a book drop-off box outside Shoe Lane Library during the Coronavirus pandemic in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 6th August 2020, in London, England.
    city_people15-06-08-2020.jpg
  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
    trump_book-01-17-01-2018.jpg
  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
    trump_book-04-17-01-2018.jpg
  • Copies of the book 'Fake Law' by the Secret Barrister, is displayed in the window of Waterstones on Piccadilly the West End, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
    waterstones_window03-05-10-2020.jpg
  • Copies of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, ready for sale in a Costco warehouse around June 1993 in London England. The Downing Street Years covered Thatcher's premiership from 1979 to 1990 before she was deposed after a leadership challenge. The book was accompanied by a four-part BBC television series of the same name.
    margaret_thatcher07-01-06-1992.jpg
  • The Fleet Street branch of bookseller Waterstone's has its stock of covers and titles on display in afternoon sunlight. The store's logo and brand name is overhead at the shop's entrance and sunlight shines onto the lower shelves containing the literature on sale. Waterstone's is a British book specialist established in 1982 by Tim Waterstone that employs around 4,500 staff throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. As well as the Waterstone's brand, the group owns the London bookseller Hatchards, founded in 1797 and Irish store Hodges Figgis, founded in 1768, retaining these names due to their historical connections.
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  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
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  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
    trump_book-05-17-01-2018.jpg
  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
    trump_book-06-17-01-2018.jpg
  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
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  • Michael Wolffe's best-selling book about Donald Trump, Fire And Fury is featured in the window of Foyles bookshop, on 17th January 2018, on the Southbank, London, England.
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  • UK edition book cover of Alain de Botton's "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" containing photography by Richard Baker.
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  • Copies of the book 'Fake Law' by the Secret Barrister, is displayed in the window of Waterstones on Piccadilly the West End, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Copies of the book 'Fake Law' by the Secret Barrister, is displayed in the window of Waterstones on Piccadilly the West End, on 5th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • Former Beirut hostage John McCarthy and his former partner Jill Morrell sign copies of their book 'Some Other Rainbow' in the summer of 1993, London England.
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  • A man reads the pages of a music notation book on Charing Cross Road, on 30th October 2020, in London, England.
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  • A book-lover browses titles and editions under Waterloo Bridge on the Southbank, on 18th February 2000, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Bookshelves and Buddha at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England.
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  • Classical literature on bookshelves in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • WH Smiths true crime and horror literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • British Prime Minister, John Major and his political predecessor, Margaret Thatcher, adorn the covers of their respective biographies on sale in the Conservative party's Central Office bookshop on 11th March 1992. Thatcher served as PM from 1979 to 1990 and Major, from 1990 to 1997.
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  • WH Smiths Berlitz travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths true crime and horror literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths travel literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • WH Smiths biographical literature on sale in departures shopping area of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5.
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  • A lady reads on a bench at Clevedon on 22nd April 2017, in North Somerset, England.
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