by Barney on 5 March 2009

photo credit: alalsacienne
Oh what fun it was!
I arrived at Eland House, the offices of the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), at 10:10 to become part of CLG’s “Living Library” for a chunk of the day.
Assortment of “Living Books”
The day’s “books” were a diverse shelf full: a woman who had come to talk [...]
by Barney on 4 March 2009

photo credit: michaelgoodin
Tomorrow I am going to be a “living book”.
One of the UK government’s major ministries, the Department for Communities and Local Government, has invited me (and others) to take part in their “Living Library” project tomorrow.
What is the Living Library
The Living Library website describes the Living Library like this:
The Living Library is [...]
by Barney on 19 July 2008

Consider this. You’re standing at the end of a street of more than a hundred houses. It looks like it’s going to rain – in fact, you just felt a few drops on your head. There’s a noisy gang of lads working on a white van in front of a house on the other side [...]