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Our village library is doing just fine, monsieur

A man chooses books in a library
Reader Julie Boston reckons French village libraries are in safer hands than their British counterparts, but John and Freda Lyon beg to differ. Photograph: Alamy

A reader asks how a tiny village in France has a new library and hall when many of our libraries are being closed (Letters, 18 February). Could it be that public services in France are not being destroyed in the name of austerity?
Julie Boston
Bristol

• Richard Fortin should visit us in Cholsey (pop c3,400). We would love to show him our splendid new library and village hall. It’s volunteer-run and open six days a week (don’t come on Sunday).
John and Freda Lyon
Cholsey, Oxfordshire

• How long will the so-called Islamic State be so-called?
Jerry Stuart
London

• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com

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