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A New History of the Middle Ages with Dan Jones

Mon 6 Sep 2021

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

Treasures of the British Library

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The Index: A History. With Susie Dent and Dennis Duncan

Wed 8 Sep 2021

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The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and Reality with Marc Morris

Thu 9 Sep 2021

Giovanni di Paolo, Paradiso XXVIII, Tuscany, Siena?, c. 1444-1450, London, British Library, Yates-Thompson MS 36, fol. 178r.

Dante in the British Library: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven

Tue 14 Sep 2021

Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes and the Theatre

Wed 15 Sep 2021

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We Have a Dream: BirdGirl and Friends

Thu 16 Sep 2021

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New Ted Hughes and Theatre display at the British Library

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Defying the emperor: the ‘Acts of Appian’ in London and New Haven

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Women in Translation Month 2021

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

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