Apple iOS 14 unveils new home screen, app library and picture-in-picture feature for watching videos

Apple unveils iOS 14 with redesigned home screen that uses widgets, an app library as well as a picture-in-picture tool that lets you keep watching videos while texting or using other apps Apple’s iOS 14 will redesign the home screen with widgets Widgets allow you to see apps without pulling them up An app library … Read more

JK Rowling shares a glimpse into her impressive library as she reorganises her book collection

J.K Rowling has given fans a glimpse into her impressive library after reorganising her book collection by colour amid the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown. The Harry Potter author, 54, took to Twitter yesterday afternoon to reveal how she’s passing the time by rearranging her books. She shared a short video of her home library, which features … Read more

Reporters Without Borders opens a new virtual library inside Minecraft to share banned news stories

A new virtual library in Minecraft will let people in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Russia and Vietnam read stories from banned journalists Reporters will be able to use Minecraft as a workaround for censorship The popular videgame will host a new virtual library filled with censored news stories in both English and the language they … Read more

A Medieval book on etiquette and manners is digitised by the British Library for the first time

A medieval book that warns children against picking their noses, burping in public or eating all the cheese has been digitised by the British Library. The Lytille Childrenes Lytil Boke (The Little Children’s Little Book) was written more than 500 years ago by an unknown author and teaches etiquette and table manners. It has been … Read more

Teacher sends staff email telling them library is sh*t on Thursdays

School’s head of literacy cringes after accidentally sending an all-staff email telling them the library is s*** on Thursdays – prompting other teachers to share their own howlers Amanda Morris, an Assistant Principal at John Cabot School in Bristol, shared with her Twitter followers the unfortunate email she’d sent to ALL staff Promoting World Book … Read more