‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
via nationaltrust.org.uk
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Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms There was a time, not so long ago, when a visit to a National Trust stately home could be a staid affair and sitting on the furniture tended to be discouraged, with pine cones or teasels often placed […]