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November 1, 2008
Boom time in London
Reading the comments about the opening of the huge new Shepherds Bush shopping centre many ask whether this is the right time for retailers to risk so much.
I have no idea whether this particular development will prosper or how long it will take to pay back the investment in it, but I do think that London will soon see an influx of visitors. If the pound falls and prices are marked down anyhow, then the metropolis will become a place to which to travel from overseas
From the point of view of the public library nedtwork, I have always thought of London as a student centre of the world. For a long time it has been a place for young people to join courses and take up qualfications for every subject and profession imaginable.
That is why it is so important to restore the public libraries to the purpose and use for which they were intended.
Posted by Perkins at November 1, 2008 11:31 AM