Adventures in the BNF

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I spend a lot of time in libraries, but have – shockingly – never really written about them on this blog. This post will change that, as I've spent the last week familiarising myself with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (or, as everyone calls it, the BNF, pronounced 'bay-enn-eff'), and have all sorts of things to say about it. The building itself is a remarkable piece of architecture: a vast square expanse of decking with a tower at each corner, and a sunken garden in the middle. The to...

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