Tag: poverty
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“Everyone did their bit”: Band Aid and beyond
Paul Vallely, author of a doorstopper of a book, Philanthropy A to Z, was set to speak at Faversham Literary Festival recently, so I got myself a ticket. Only later did I realise he was speaking alongside Bob Geldof: turns out that Vallely has worked alongside the musician (and Faversham resident) for decades and has…
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Chess, 3D printers -or doing nothing: public libraries as “shared living rooms”
“Hanging out at Oodi without a reason is welcomed and even recommended.” So says the brochure for Helsinki’s Central Library, named Oodi (meaning ‘ode’) – a vast ship-like, spruce-clad building that opened five years ago. It describes itself as “an open space for culture and creation”, and “everyone’s shared living room”. I don’t think that’s…
How can we help 