We’re very happy to be continuing our partnership with the Huddersfield Literature Festival, bringing the festival to the far reaches of the Colne Valley. This year we feature an illustrated

Celebrating Libraries with Simon Armitage On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the Friends of Marsden Library welcomed Simon Armitage, the PoetLaureate to Marsden to read in his home library. Simon is

We are happy to announce that the Full Kirklees MBC approved the proposed budget for the Library Service on 5 March. The withdrawal of the proposed reduction to the Library

Q: What do all these have in common? William Wordsworth’s hair Marcel Proust’s hair Mrs Gaskell’s sewing scissors The lining of Walt Whitman’s hat Delia Derbyshire’s wartime gas mask A: