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The Library of the Past and the Future

Name: The Library of the Past and the Future
Start: 2026-06-16
Location: The Portico Library

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Tuesday, 16 June 2026

The Portico Library

57 Mosley Street, Manchester

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Join Dr Amanda Potter from the Open University for a screening of the Doctor Who episodes ‘Silence in the Library’ and ‘Forest of the Dead’ from 2008, followed by a discussion of libraries of the past, and what the library of the future could be like.

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