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Last chance to see Secret Maps exhibition at the British Library

17 December 2025

Secret Maps closes at the British Library on 18 January 2026.

Writer’s Award 2026 goes to Jacqueline Crooks and Vanessa Londoño

25 November 2025

Each are awarded £20,000 and up to a year’s writing residency at the British Library to develop their forthcoming books.

Kickstart your business at British Library Start-up Day

13 November 2025

13 November 2025

British Library Board statement

4 November 2025

4 November 2025

British Library opens major exhibition on secret maps

24 October 2025

24 October 2025

British Library announces 2026 exhibitions

30 September 2025

30 September 2025

British Library announces major exhibition on writer Agatha Christie

15 September 2025

15 September 2025

British Library symbolically reinstates Oscar Wilde’s Reader Pass

20 June 2025

British Library acquires archive of playwright Mustapha Matura

20 June 2025

British Library announces 2025 Food Season Awards winners

10 June 2025

British Library acquires rare medieval manuscripts

4 June 2025

Unearthed: The Power of Gardening opens at the British Library

1 May 2025

British Library Announces Food Season 2025

9 April 2025

Exhibition takes young visitors on a journey through storytelling

27 March 2025

Groundbreaking British Library development confirmed

19 March 2025

Last chance to see Medieval Women exhibition

10 February 2025

10 February 2025

New report reveals benefit of business growth programme

31 January 2025

31 January 2025

Writer's Award 2025 goes to Peter Brathwaite and Joseph Zárate

5 December 2024

5 December 2024

Library acquires Barrett Browning letters and Galsworthy archive

27 November 2024

27 November 2024

Discover how to make your start-up a success

11 November 2024

11 November 2024

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