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The British Library is planning to shut three reading rooms to turn them into WeWork-style coworking spaces.

It's the latest crisis after disastrous hacks, torrid finances and four CEOs in two years. We found out what's been happening on the inside.

the-londoner.co.uk/british-librar…

Our Monday briefing is out, featuring:

🤠 An update on our exclusive Explorers Club story from over the weekend

🚲A report from Lime Bike jousting v2

🤑 And a very triumphant mayor promising £10bn in infrastructure borrowing

Get into it: the-londoner.co.uk/hackney-moth-c…

The Explorers Club of New York, which counts Jeff Bezos and Buzz Aldrin among its members, was looking for a London home. The House of St Barnabas in Soho was available. It seemed like a perfect plan.

Our weekend read details how it all unravelled.

Your Friday read from the archives is a snapshot of havoc, petty theft and the “beer people” versus the “Saturday crowd”. Welcome to the Bermondsey Beer Mile.

✒️ @AndrewKersley