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Celebrating 50 years as the UK’s national library

Public events will celebrate our users, the institutions and individuals that came together to form the UK national library…

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Please note a number of upcoming closures.

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Brontë display opens in Leeds

Now open in Leeds: unseen Brontë material displayed together for the first time.

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European blog from the British Library

Remembering Die Weisse Rose

Sound and Vision blog from the British Library

Recording of the week: Don McCullin on war photography

Collection care blog for the British Library

Taking the British Library by Storm Scott

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Explore the history of Partition and its continuing legacy on life in India, Pakistan and Britain

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

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

Discover 'A Description of Three Hundred Animals', a natural history book for children

The Devonshire Manuscript

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

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