The Last Chance Library

by Freya Sampson

“When I was your age, I’d already been arrested three times for civil disobedience. But we weren’t like you bloody millennials, with your avocado on toast and soya lattes; we actually believed in things and were willing to fight for them.”

Libraries are like a net, there to catch those of us in danger of falling through the cracks.

wherever I ended up, and however much trouble I was in, there was always a library. A place that was safe and warm and dry, where no one would judge me. Libraries were my only light in some very dark times.

Libraries are places where everyone, rich or poor, wherever they come from in the world, can feel safe. Where they can access information that will empower them.”