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'You're Fired'? Reviewing the Trump Presidency

Thu 21 Jan 2021

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The Madman's Library: A World of Extraordinary Books

Wed 20 Jan 2021

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Unfinished Business: Curators' Lunchtime Session– Beyond the Exhibition 1

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Fri 22 Jan 2021

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Remembering the Holocaust: Anne Frank's step-sister Eva Schloss

Mon 25 Jan 2021

The Madmans Library A World of Extraordinary Books

Marketing Masterclass - Start-ups in London Libraries

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Wed 6 - Fri 29 Jan 2021

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

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Tue 12 Jan - Tue 16 Mar 2021

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Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

Merovingian illumination in a manuscript of Gregory's Moralia

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How to trick a lion

Untold Lives blog from the British Library

Bibee Zuhoorun: Women’s Voices in the Indian Indenture Trade

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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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