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A botanical excursion in Wales

27 June 2017 Untold lives

On Sunday 27 June 1773 at Chepstow, a party of botanists were clambering about ‘on the Steep nacked Bank by the Side of the Wye not far from the Castle’, hunting for plants. The species identified included wild cabbage (Brassica...

Undercurrent: British Library Associate Theatre Company

27 June 2017 English and Drama

UNDERCURRENT THEATRE ANNOUNCED AS BRITISH LIBRARY’S FIRST ASSOCIATE THEATRE COMPANY Undercurrent Theatre are an innovative and research based London theatre company, who have today been announced as the British Library’s first Associate Theatre Company. In a year-long residency, the Associateship...

Curator, Early Modern Collections

27 June 2017 Medieval manuscripts

The British Library is recruiting for a Curator of Early Modern Collections. This is a full time, fixed term position, for six months. Full details of the post and how to apply can be found here. As Curator of Early...

A Rainbow in Stormy Skies: LGBT Writing in the northern Middle East

26 June 2017 Asian and African studies

On May 28, 2013, a small group of environmentalists gathered at Istanbul’s Gezi Park to protest the removal of trees. The police’s brutal response sparked the indignation of the city’s residents, and soon Gezi Park was flooded with ordinary citizens...