In 2021, Solange Knowles’ multidisciplinary brand Saint Heron launched a virtual library and archive of Black authors where members can borrow books for 45 days at a time. The Oslo-based International Library Of Fashion Research has over 5,000 items ranging from lookbooks to magazines from 1975 onwards and also offers a digital arm. But there is hope: small, specialised libraries are popping up all over the world, using digital and physical spaces to bring books to us all. Childhood leads directly into manhood they’re very close together, which is something I’ve tried to capture in my writing.Īny bookworm would be downcast when faced with a news cycle telling us that public libraries are closing – almost 800 since 2010 in the UK alone. You’ve got childish things such as drawn-on goalposts, right up against the biggest shipyards in the city. The image was taken next to the Govan shipyards and you see the looming crush of industry that will catch all young boys in the city. I love how audacious that pink bubble is – bubble gum was the only pink thing boys were allowed so it’s kind of special. The boy with the pink bubble gum is Shuggie for me. What he found were ordinary people living on the margins and clinging to life in a city that was coming apart quite rapidly. In fact, two of them were the result of an assignment where The Sunday Times newspaper sent French photographer Raymond Depardon to Glasgow to show how modern it was, and how much progress had come with the city’s new housing schemes. They capture working-class communities in Glasgow and the North of England that were often overlooked by traditional photojournalism. Glasgow (1980) © Raymond Depardon/Magnum Photos
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