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I just got back from the library, and I picked up a text book BEFORE WILDE which is a text book about “Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform”

They had to get it from the British Library, which cost me £2.50 for an inter-branch transfer. This is bad enough, but hey, the petrol has to be paid for I suppose. Then, they present me with a disclaimer to sign. They apologised and said that the British Library always does this with all their books. Fair enough, I suppose – BUT – I had to sign away that if I lose or “damage” the book – I will pay ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE pounds to replace it.

HOW MUCH?

The books can be purchased from Amazon for £29.40. So PLEASE, British Library, explain to me what the extra £100 is for?? I’m damned sure you don’t pay full price for books, I’ll lay odds that you pay less than the Amazon price, and even sending Beryl up to the bookshop to buy a new copy BY FOOT is not going to cost that much.

BLOODY OUTRAGEOUS.

I feel a letter to the Times coming on.

*disgusted of Norfolk* - - - -