The woman who went to the library and read every book
on the shelf
Phyllis Rose's book about her extreme reading
experiment, in which she tackled the entire contents of a shelf in a New York
library, has won high praise, but are such 'bibliomemoirs' a sign of an
increasingly superficial literary culture or vital guides for a public swamped
by choice?
Architect
David Adjaye's vision has landed him major global commissions – and endeared
him to influential fans in the worlds of politics, culture and business. These
buildings, from Oslo to New York, illustrate why