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British Library Online Shop re-opens

Our online shop has now re-opened following an 8-week closure.

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We can't wait to see you again

You’ll have heard that the government is now allowing us to welcome you back and we’d love to see you all back here, but…

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Accessing British Library online content and services

Our Reading Rooms and public spaces may be closed for the time being but over the coming weeks we will continue to offer…

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Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

Shakespeare's only surviving playscript now online

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Toys and ephemera in a fifteenth-century multilingual illustrated dictionary from India

Collection care blog for the British Library

Paper Express! A Hand-Made Tale

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Teacher's Toolkit: Using Discovering Literature in the classroom

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A Description of Three Hundred Animals [page: frontispiece and title page]

The Devonshire Manuscript

Explore this hand-written volume, known as the Devonshire Manuscript

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