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Its great to have the new book display up and running again, a good excuse to have a nice coffee in the library cafe and peruse the shelves of glossy new books. Today I chose to look at British Design …

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Change your mind: 57 ways to unlock your creative self by Rod Judkins “Great artists, designers, musicians and writers are … ordinary” is the reassuring opening statement of this book. I chose it because it looked accessible – something I …

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The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville.  Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, 2001. Students often ask if we have books to read for pleasure.  Well, a summer of sport on TV encouraged me to dip into the University …

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The retro phone box has gotten some interest already but did you know you can use it to make free internal telephone calls to anywhere on campus?  You only need dial the last four digits of the number (the “extension”).  …

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