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Boys in Red Army Uniform c. 1918 – 1920 taken from Histoire des Soviets by Henri de Weidel, Paris, 1922

Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

Wed 28 Jun - Tue 29 Aug 2017

Dr Carla Hayden

Carla Hayden and Roly Keating in conversation

Free

Fri 30 Jun 2017

Africa Writes RAP Party - Photograph by Ivan Gonzalez

Africa Writes: RAP Party

Fri 30 Jun 2017

Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, Fri 20 Oct 2017 – Wed 28 Feb 2018

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

Fri 20 Oct 2017 - Wed 28 Feb 2018

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives - Maimouna Jallow. Photo by Hathor Rao

Dreams and Deceptions: A Night of Storytelling

Sat 1 Jul 2017

Scale-up Summit

Tue 11 Jul 2017

The Infinite Library

The Infinite Library: Interactive Fiction Summer School

Mon 17 Jul 2017

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News

Dr Carla Hayden

Dr Carla Hayden visits the British Library

The 14th Librarian of Congress visits the Library 29-30 June

Undercurrent Theatre

Undercurrent Theatre: British Library’s first Associate Theatre Company

Associateship will open up our collections through new cross-cultural opportunities

Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, open 20 October 2017 - 28 February 2018

Harry Potter: A History of Magic – 2018 tickets now on sale!

Extra tickets over Christmas and January and February dates added

Blogs

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

A Rainbow in Stormy Skies: LGBT Writing in the northern Middle East

English and Drama blog from the British Library

Undercurrent: British Library Associate Theatre Company

Collection care blog for the British Library

Time-lapse Video Showing Conservation of Tangut Documents

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Material relating to the Coronation of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was crowned on 28 June 1838. See material relating to her coronation

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Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, 1631

Discover 100 years of children’s songs, rhymes and games at www.bl.uk/playtimes

Discover 100 years of children’s songs, rhymes and games

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