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Here’s what we’re reading today:

Last night, #Russia attacked and partially destroyed the #UNESCO protected “Derzhprom” building in #Kharkiv, which, built in 1928, is the largest constructivist building in the world.

The Russian attack on Kharkiv killed four people.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/ukraine-war-briefing-bomb-derzhprom-historic-landmark-kharkiv

The International Council on Archives / Conseil international des archives was founded #OTD, 9 June, 1948, under the auspices of UNESCO.

To celebrate, here’s Edwin Morgan’s poem “Archives”, published in Centenary Selected Poems (Carcanet, 2020)

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784109967

#Scottish #literature #poem #archives #poetry #InternationalArchivesDay #UNESCO #EdwinMorgan

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