Dear Old Blighty

After the weekend's festivities it was back to the grinder on Monday. Had a stroke of good luck in finding an amp and some speakers whilst clearing up which saves me from having to buy them, just need a record player now to complete my latest wish..

Spent most of my day with my head immersed in fractions, algebra and the like, but in the evening I managed to catch the tail end of a programme on the fate that befell the beautiful City Hall building which later become the National Library in Sarajevo, Bosnia called 'Vijećnica'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vije%C4%87nica

Sadly, most of the books inside were lost due to fire apparently caused by heavy shelling during the war, or perhaps other more sinister reasons. The accounts of the people who went to save books whilst risking their own lives were deeply moving. Perhaps an understanding for this seemingly irrational behaviour can be explained by a poignant message from one of the people interviewed - he said that events and memories vital in safeguarding a nation's cultural and historical heritage unfortunately fade with time and in people's minds, but in books they are able to live on forever..

Vijecnica, in all its glory