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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How to cope with London Library overcrowding

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9 May 2015

9:00 AM

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

Q. As a writer I find working at home too distracting. I am a longstanding member of the London Library where rules and conditions allow one to concentrate in perfect peace. My problem is that the library has become so popular recently that, to secure one of my favourite desks, I have to arrive at St James’s Square almost as the doors open in the morning.

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