http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/marina_warner en http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2011/07/arab-reading-library-libraries http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2011/07/arab-reading-library-libraries Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:37:14 GMT Marina Warner Even as Britain runs down its reading culture, closing or selling off its public libraries, the Arab world is beginning to democratise literature and publishing, following the lead set by the political upsurge.

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]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200002210040 http://www.newstatesman.com/200002210040 Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:00:00 GMT Marina Warner As the debate about Trafalgar Square's empty plinth intensifies, Marina Warner argues that history - and its monuments - need not always be set in stone

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