Friends group working to revitalise and sustain the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill
Herne Hill, SE24 0DG, London
Joined May 2012
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Last week we learned that permanent LFR cameras will be installed on Oxford Street in Dec.
Yet the Govt. hasn't published its response to the public consultation that closed in Feb.
And there is still no legal framework to protect the public's rights.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
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The Hubs model, other cuts ravaged services shoe-horned into the same space as libraries, has been a disaster for the sector.
Dedicated library space/staff/skills have been lost and we’ve ended up with a poorer service, it’s not innovative it’s cuts.
#savelibraries
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Over the moon! My debut novel#StreetSweeper has been Highly Commended in the East Anglian Book Awards 2026 ( Debuts) by @WritersCentre As an indie book published with @TroubadorPub, standing right alongside finalists from Picador, Hamish Hamilton & Little Brown is a dream.
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NO MORE LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION
🛒in our shops
🏬on our high streets
🚉in our train stations
💊in our pharmacies
⚽at football matches
🎪at festivals
Say no to the surveillance state. Sign our petition⤵️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio…
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
Your brother speaks at a city council meeting against digital ID.
His comments are recorded. His verified identity is attached to the video. AI analyzes it.
Two weeks later, his premiums triple. His mortgage is denied. His employer is told he is a reputational risk.
No arrest. No charge. He just spoke.
This is what digital ID makes possible, and it is being built right now. Online child safety laws are how it gets installed.
Share this with someone who thinks speaking up is still safe.
Follow me. Every day I show you what is coming and how to stop it.
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
OUT NOW:
Flash PPink 5
Autumn 2026
The quarterly online magazine of Gay Authors Workshop edited by Peter Scott-Presland, has now reached Issue 5, with an autumnal feel
Sixteen stories by workshop members, with new voices Tim Matthias & Janet Mason
paradisepress.org.uk/emag-5-…
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
We are excited to see the publication of a new book written by four @GuidesLambeth members :
Brixton and Herne Hill in 50 Buildings 🏛 🧱 🕍
Read more about this illustrated book which documents local architecture in the centre of #Lambeth
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Three weeks to our next free author event @CarnegieLib. 6.30 for 7 on 10 November, David Flusfeder discusses his new novel, Something Must Fall. Book now on eventbrite.com/e/20031492533…
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
Come to Bangor Carnegie Library on Monday at 3.00 - ‘Andrew Carnegie Robber Baron or Visionary Philanthropy’
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✊🏿 Black History Month is here!
Join us at Southwark Libraries in October for a programme of events celebrating Black history, culture, creativity and community.
📚 Take a look at what's on and get involved: orlo.uk/PRSLM
#BlackHistoryMonth #SouthwarkLibraries #BHM
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
We think of Carnegie Libraries as US and UK/Irl gifts, but his reach stretched to South Africa and Fiji!
Thx to a visiting friend…
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FREE: 100 Black British Doctors book launch 6.30pm, Wednesday 14 Oct at the Tate South Lambeth Library, 180 South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1QP
brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/100-…
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Libraries have always been at the hub of the community but the ‘Community Hubs’ concept is a cuts based model that often sees other cut services shoe-horned in with libraries. It’s a smokescreen for cuts.
Very successful author event last night, Lisa Smith in conversation with Mel Pennant + lively audience Q&A. All copies of Lisa's Jamaica Road sold & more on order. Mel's book also sold well. Mark your diaries for our next author, David Flusfeder 10 November @CarnegieLib.
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TUESDAY 13 October, 7pm, FREE at Carnegie Library, 192 Herne Hill Rd, SE24 0DG. Lisa Smith discusses Jamaica Road, her novel about 2 girls in the tight-knit British-Jamaican community. With author Mel Pennant (A Murder for Miss Hortense). A Friends event.
Tonight! Lisa Smith discusses her book JAMAICA ROAD with Mel Pennant @CarnegieLib for @BHMLambeth. 6.30 tea/cake for 7-8.30 talk, Q&A, sales & signing. Can still book place on tinyurl.com/4j764n37 or come along (walk-ins welcome; we'll find you a chair).
Friends of Carnegie retweeted
Don't miss @_Tuomo Music's soothing acoustic style with cinematic A/V projections ☺️ and #RitaTam's heartfelt folk pop stories this Sunday in the @GardenBrockwell Barn from 3pm 🎸
🎟️ tinyurl.com/5a52me7a or just walk up! 🚶♂️➡️ Also more info at: facebook.com/events/11304761…
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Fest Day 1 done! Day 2 resumes 10:30am with a Coffee Morning Concert in #HerneHillUnitedChurch SE24 9PW. Come for cake, coffee & the Calton String Quartet. #free but a collection for @foodbankNorwood 🎻 Our #choirs event follows at 2pm, a stroll away in @stfaithdulwich 🚶♂️➡️🚶➡️
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Hundreds demand Lambeth protect Head of Libraries post as restructure threatens role brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/sign…
Exercise your franchise, or as we say in library campains, use it or lose it.
Myatt’s Field’s By-election – polls open until 10pm tonight – Thursday 8th October 2026 brixtonbuzz.com/2026/10/myat…