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Cooked with Love launch a delicious success

This week we celebrated the success of our child-friendly Leeds award-nominated Food…

Ancient mappe of Fairyland designed by Bernard Sleigh

Dates for your diary – our 2023 exhibitions

Fantasy literature, the legendary Malorie Blackman, the future of storytelling, and animals in art and science. 2023 is looking…

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He lived as he taught, and taught as he lived: Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhorii Skovoroda

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Batik designs in a Javanese manuscript: Serat Damar Wulan

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Preview of the Black literature timeline poster, showing text entries by date, portraits and a tablet featuring images of book covers and handwritten manuscripts

Explore the rich history of Black writing and literature in Britain with our new timeline

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

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A Description of Three Hundred Animals [page: frontispiece and title page]

Discover 'A Description of Three Hundred Animals', a natural history book for children

The Devonshire Manuscript

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