{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/6a6d0a0988c5585c85112097?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Britain is losing its libraries and its cultural memory","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/1785529857503-1471c94e-709c-4bc8-b704-379c9d922374.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Every year, more libraries across Britain close their doors.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As councils have their funding slashed, these are often the first spaces to go.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What do we lose when we stop reading and collecting? What is a library to a community, beyond its books?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tanjil Rashid is joined by the University of Oxford's Bodley's Librarian, Richard Ovenden.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}