Actor and libraries champion Stephen Fry is the latest star to take over the PA at Manchester Central Library.

The star of Blackadder, QI and A Bit of Fry & Laurie has recorded a message to be played to library users, letting them know that it’s time to gather their belongings, check out their books and save any work they’re doing on the library’s freely-available computers.

But rather than just providing this simple public information – which would usually be issued by the library’s security staff – Stephen also adds a heartfelt message to profess his love for libraries as ‘magical, sacred places’.

Stephen says: “Thank you most of all for using the library.  Aren’t libraries magical, sacred places?

“And the more you use them and the more you remind other people of their existence and recommend that they use them too, the better it will be for the health of the nation.”

The message will be played at Central Library – which welcomed more than 2 million visitors in 2018/9 – throughout this week until Thursday, at 7:45pm each evening.

Brian Blessed OBE, Happy Mondays’ singer Rowetta and actor Julie Hesmondhalgh are among the celebrities who have contributed a personal message to be played at the library.

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