I was typing a long rant about how the National Library branch at Stamford Road should not be closed down, when my computer crashed. And of course the rant has vanished into the fucking digital aether. I'm on medical leave for two days and the combination of fever, cough, medicine and intense irritation is getting to me.

My country hates nostalgia. We do not value social or collective memory. We are tearing down a well-used library to make room for a road. The road is to ease the traffic congestion expected when the university campus opposite the library opens. It's the kind of logic that only appeals to city planners and construction companies.