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These blogs are written by our curators and other staff.

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These blogs express the thoughts and opinions of individual British Library staff members. If you have a complaint about any of our blogs, please email us at webeditor@bl.uk

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Latest blog posts

Social Science blog

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,...

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Medieval manuscripts blog

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...

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Digital scholarship blog

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...

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Endangered archives blog

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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A full list of our blogs

American studies

American studies

What's on the mind of Team America?

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Asian and African studies

Asian and African studies

From our subject specialists and curators

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Digital scholarship

Digital scholarship

Supporting research with digital content

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Endangered archives

Endangered archives

Jody Butterworth and Paul Young on histories in peril

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English and drama

English and drama

English and Drama curators on our latest exhibition

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In through the outfield

In through the outfield

Neil Infield on business and intellectual property

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Inspired by

Inspired by

Our fashion, design and film blog

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Maps and views

Maps and views

Cartographic and topographical materials at the British Library:

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Medieval and earlier manuscripts

Medieval and earlier manuscripts

Digitisation and other projects

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Music

Music

News about our music collections and services

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Social science

Social science

Projects, events, resources and research methods

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Sound and vision

Sound and vision

Discover our unrivalled sound resources

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UK web archive

UK web archive

Announcements and information about the UK Web Archive

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Untold lives

Untold lives

Sharings stories from the past, worldwide

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