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Who reads digitised Malay manuscripts?

18 October 2021 Asian and African studies

The British Library holds a small but important collection of about 120 manuscripts written in the Malay language and the Jawi (Arabic) script, originating from all over maritime Southeast Asia. These Malay manuscripts have always – in theory – been...

Meet the Maker: Eleanor Stuart

15 October 2021 Living Knowledge

In our Meet the Maker blog series, we profile the independent creative businesses behind some of our product ranges in the British Library Shop (both online and at our St Pancras, London site). This month, we meet Eleanor Stuart, who...

How Do We Sell Sustainability to Consumers?

15 October 2021 Innovation and enterprise

In 1969, John Lennon said, “we’re trying to sell peace, like a product…like people sell soap or soft drinks”. That same approach is needed today to sell sustainable goods and services and we need data to help us figure out...

Diary of a Lumber Jill

14 October 2021 Untold lives

‘Lumber Jill’ was the name given to women who worked in the oft-forgotten Women’s Timber Corps (WTC) during the Second World War, who have only begun to receive proper recognition for their service the past two decades. Initially a sub-division...