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Animals: Art, Science and Sound

Fri 21 Apr - Mon 28 Aug 2023

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Digital Storytelling

Fri 2 Jun - Sun 15 Oct 2023

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Treasures of the British Library

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British Library 50th Birthday Events

Disinformation in the 21st century…and what to do about it?

Tue 5 Sep 2023

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

Fri 8 Sep 2023

Beyond the Coup: Chile 50 years later

Tue 12 Sep 2023

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WritersMosaic presents: Salena Godden, Jacqueline Crooks and Phoebe McIntosh

Tue 12 Sep 2023

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Digital Storytelling: Astrologaster

Fri 15 Sep 2023

Shirley Williams 1984

Shirley Williams: A Life in Politics

Mon 25 Sep 2023

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Africa Writes 2023

Fri 29 Sep - Sun 1 Oct 2023

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News

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Hidden text within Camden’s Annals shines a new light on Elizabeth I’s life

British Library researcher uncovers passages that have not been read for 400 years.

Web maintenance at the British Library

Changes to opening times due to planned transport strikes

Opening times at our St Pancras will be slightly amended on days affected by the planned transport strikes.

Web maintenance at the British Library

All our technology services are now available

Following major technology disruption since Friday, all our technology services have now been restored.

Blogs

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Following in the Footsteps of Adventurous Women | User Stories

European blog from the British Library

Taras Shevchenko display at the British Library

Sound and Vision blog from the British Library

Recording of the Week: Flamenco runs in the blood

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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]

The Devonshire Manuscript

Explore this hand-written volume, known as the Devonshire Manuscript

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