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Georgia's Fantastic Tavern: Where Europe Meets Asia

Thu 25 - Sat 27 Feb 2021

Elif Shafak, Sandi Toksvig and Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Primadonna presents: The World As It Should Be

Tue 2 Mar 2021

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What next for my business idea? (Online) - Start-ups in London Libraries

Free

Tue 12 Jan - Tue 16 Mar 2021

Get ready for business - Start-ups in London Libraries

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Wed 13 Jan - Mon 29 Mar 2021

Marketing masterclass - Start-ups in London Libraries

Free

Wed 3 Feb - Mon 1 Mar 2021

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Innovating for Growth webinar: Introduction to Lean Start-Up

Free

Fri 26 Feb 2021

Reset Restart your social and environmental impact

Reset. Restart: your social and environmental impact

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Fri 26 Feb 2021

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British Library, St Pancras

Our public spaces are closed for the moment

Following the latest government advice and to keep everyone safe we’re closing our Reading Rooms, galleries and public spaces…

British Library, St Pancras

Accessing British Library online content and services

We’re closing our public spaces to keep everyone safe, but we’re always open online.

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Lindisfarne Gospels to go on display in the North East in 2022

The most spectacular surviving manuscript from Anglo-Saxon England will be on loan from the British Library.

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English and Drama blog from the British Library

Weetabix and beans: a linguistic take

Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

Illuminated Canon Tables

European blog from the British Library

Georgian Collections in the British Library

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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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