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James Cook: The Voyages

James Cook: The Voyages

Fri 27 Apr - Tue 28 Aug 2018

Dane and Glenda

Caribbean Comedy Week: Glenda Jaxson and Dane Baptiste

Tue 19 Jun 2018

Women Cartoonists and Comic Artists

Women Cartoonists and Comic Artists

Fri 22 Jun 2018

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Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land

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Fri 1 Jun - Sun 21 Oct 2018

Black Lives Matter protesters in London's Oxford Street kneel and raise their hands, 8 July 2016. Photograph by Alisdare Hickson via Flickr

Black Lives Matter in the US and UK Today: An Activist Panel

Sat 23 Jun 2018

Windrush Women Past and Present

Windrush Women: Past and Present

Mon 25 Jun 2018

Infinite Journeys

Infinite Journeys: Interactive Fiction Summer School

Mon 23 Jul 2018

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Beowulf manuscript from the Cotton collection

Cotton manuscripts added to UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register

Find out more about this collection of historical and literary treasures held at the Library

Caroline Brazier

Warmest congratulations to our Chief Librarian

Caroline Brazier awarded a CBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours

Discover stories that shape the world in our Treasures Gallery

Treasures Gallery reopens

Newly displayed items include Jane Austen’s writing desk and an original manuscript from Handel

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Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

Cotton manuscripts quiz

European blog from the British Library

Flag Day celebrates the new ‘Maatjes’.

Endangered Archives blog from the British Library

A Football Team from Lesotho

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The Sherborne Missal f.276

Illustration from John Ray's Book of Fishes, f.5v-6

Admire philosopher, naturalist and theologian, John Ray's intricate illustrations in his very own ‘A Book of Fishes’

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Beowulf

David Crystal charts the evolution of Old English through the 700 years it has been written and spoken

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