Our blogs
These blogs are written by our curators and other staff.
Introduction
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Latest blog posts
Social Science blog
New BL Labs Competition launched
03 May 2013
Calling all researchers and developers! Our colleagues at BL Labs have launched a new competition. Propose an innovative and transformative project that answers a research question using the British Library's digital collections / data and if your idea is chosen,...
Medieval manuscripts blog
A Calendar Page for June 2013
03 May 2013
For more details on calendar pages or the Golf Book, please see the post for January 2013. Calendar page for June with a tournament scene, from the Golf Book (Book of Hours, Use of Rome), workshop of Simon Bening, Netherlands...
Digital scholarship blog
A novel, a writing machine and a leafy square in London
03 May 2013
Front cover of Len Deighton's classic of realistic fiction, a detailed and perceptive account of a bombing raid in 1943 through the eyes of protagonists on both sides of the Channel, published by Jonathan Cape in 1970. Image of Raymond...
Endangered archives blog
Out with the old and in with the new
03 May 2013
The British Library is rolling out a new look for its blogs. The design has changed, but the content will stay the same. The Endangered archives blog will continue to update you with all our news. We hope you will...
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