I remember that, as a small child, I was told not to talk when my father took me inside the public library in Richmond. Now I find that the British Library has rendered me speechless. With the apparent approval of the chief librarian, Liz Jolly, a review of statues and artworks in the library is under way.
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Professor David Abulafia is Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge
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