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Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights

Fri 23 Oct 2020 - Sun 1 Aug 2021

Treasures of the British Library. Discover stories that shape the world.

Treasures of the British Library

Free

Fri 18 Jun 2021 - Mon 31 Dec 2035

Paddington Bear

Paddington: The Story of a Bear

Fri 9 Jul - Sun 31 Oct 2021

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The Fight for Women's Rights - exhibition visits

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North east view of Selbourne, from The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (Shelfmark: G.2432). © The British Library Board.

Gilbert White: The First English Ecologist

Mon 21 Jun 2021

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Stories of the Windrush Children, with Benjamin Zephaniah

Tue 22 Jun 2021

Photograph of Frances Bingham (c) Liz Mathews, alongside a photograph of Valentine Ackland from Frances Bingham's collection, and the cover art from the book Valentine Ackland: A Transgressive Life

Transgressive Voice

Wed 23 Jun 2021

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10 Stories to Make a Difference

Thu 24 Jun 2021

Event Panel

Ledbury Poetry Critics: Reviewing the Reviews

Wed 30 Jun 2021

Cover art from Chris Riddell's new edition of Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass with Chris Riddell and Friends

Thu 1 Jul 2021

Cover art from the book Musical Truth alongside a photograph of Jeffrey Boakye

Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain

Mon 5 Jul 2021

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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

The British Library is deeply saddened to hear of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Charlotte Brontë’s miniature books

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I libertini - Same-Sex Desire in Italian Baroque Literature

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‘How come England did not know me?’: Recording Andrea Levy for Authors’ Lives

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The Devonshire Manuscript

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