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Writing: Making Your Mark

Writing: Making Your Mark

Fri 26 Apr - Tue 27 Aug 2019

Handwriting

Handwriting: Then and Now

Tue 28 May 2019

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the order of the day

The Order of the Day: Éric Vuillard

Tue 28 May 2019

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Artistic image showing Leonardo's double helix and handwritten notes.

Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion

Fri 7 Jun - Sun 8 Sep 2019

Family Event Phoenix of Persia

Phoenix of Persia

Thu 30 May 2019

03 June The Hidden Surprises of Poetry Pamphlets

The Hidden Surprises of Poetry Pamphlets

Mon 3 Jun 2019

6Nov_Written World_How Literature Shaped History_Martin Puchner

Martin Puchner: The Written World

Tue 4 Jun 2019

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British Library, St Pancras

Notice for visitors: some areas will be closing early on 27 May

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UKRR The next chapter for the UK Research Reserve

The next chapter for the UK Research Reserve

The UK Research Reserve (UKRR) has transitioned from a project to a service now run by the British Library. To mark the milestone,…

British Library Digitisation Services

Digitisation Services at the Museums + Heritage Show

British Library Digitisation Services will be exhibiting at the Museums + Heritage Show in London on 15-16 May.

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Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

How to name a mummy

Business blog from the British Library

How to build a brand?

Asian and African blog at the British Library, collection item detail

'South Asia Series' talks from June to October 2019

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Map of the World by Henricus Martellus

Letter from Ada Lovelace to Charles Babbage, 10 July 1843

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Gender in the 19th century

Images of Black British writers and their work depicting Phillis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano, Una Marson and James Berry,

Twilight CPD for teachers: A Celebration of Black British Literature

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