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Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights

Fri 23 Oct 2020 - Sun 1 Aug 2021

Treasures of the British Library. Discover stories that shape the world.

Treasures of the British Library

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Fri 2 Jul 2021 - Mon 31 Dec 2035

Paddington Bear

Paddington: The Story of a Bear

Fri 9 Jul - Sun 31 Oct 2021

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Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain

Mon 5 Jul 2021

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Alice Through the Looking Glass with Chris Riddell and readings by Samuel West

Sun 4 Jul 2021

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Feminist Loose Ends

Mon 19 Jul 2021

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2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

Mon 19 Jul 2021

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A Spotlight on Herstory

Wed 21 Jul 2021

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The Magnificent World of Miniature Books with Axel Scheffler and Joseph Coelho

Thu 22 Jul 2021

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Stories and Pictures: Women in Victorian Society

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Prefacing the Psalms

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‘How come England did not know me?’: Recording Andrea Levy for Authors’ Lives

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