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Libraries, Pride Month & Reform UK – But What’s The Problem?

Libraries, Pride Month & Reform UK – But What’s The Problem? On 3rd June 2026, Echo Essex reported that Reform UK have ordered Essex libraries to “not promote LGBTQ and inclusive pride events”. This report from Echo Essex comes on the third day of Pride Month, a month that exists to acknowledge queer history, appreciateContinueContinue reading “Libraries, Pride Month & Reform UK – But What’s The Problem?”

Language, Literature, and Accessibility: Are You Isolating Your Audience?

Reading should always be for pleasure – but when you’re in education, you don’t have the option to choose what texts you study. John Webster’s ‘The White Devil’ is a play from the 1600s. It is a pre-gothic text and one I studied in 2016. I was expected to memorise quotes from this book andContinueContinue reading “Language, Literature, and Accessibility: Are You Isolating Your Audience?”