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Recently a friend recommended this book, and I am grateful to her. The story is told by Robert and is set mainly in 1946, when he is sixteen years of age and sets out from his home in a coal mining village in Durham.

There are a lot of books to enjoy from our TumbleBook collection. Today, we have chosen an eBook called ‘The Templeton Twins Have an Idea’, written by Ellis Weiner and illustrated by Jeremy Holmes.

My love affair with libraries started in rural Ireland where I grew up. I was a voracious reader and I quickly made friends with the local librarian who sneaked me a couple of extra books on a Saturday.

‘Drawing from the Well’ connects artists to archival materials to inspire new art. https://www.itma.ie/drawingfromthewell. Watch Daoirí Farrell on Drawing from the Well 2021 on ITMA's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/vwVa_w1RRCc

Humans have a thing called a learning bias. No matter how wise a saying is, we are much more apt to accept it as true if we trust the source. Not only that, but we're fascinated by ultimate truths that spur us into action.

Jimmy Davenport was a member of the orchestra and occasional performer at the Capitol and Theatre Royal theatres in Dublin in the 1930s and 40s. Judging by his autographed photo album which has just been digitised, Jimmy Davenport was a bit of a showbiz addict. He collected over a hundred signed portraits of visiting celebrities and photos of some set pieces from the Theatre Royal.

This gallery consists of images of shops, stalls, and markets from the Dublin City Council Photographic Collection. A few of these are still open for business but most have closed their doors.

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Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library, and it sets the industry standard in streaming classical music.

Very Short Introductions: From Oxford University Press, this collection of over 600 books provides intelligent and serious introductions to a range of subjects written by experts in their field.