Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians

Explore literary treasures from the Romantic and Victorian periods

Discovering Literature: Shakespeare & Renaissance

Explore Shakespeare and Renaissance writers in context

Discovering Music: 19th century

Explore key works of 19th-century classical music

Discovering Music: early 20th century

Explore key works of early 20th-century classical music and discover the social, political and cultural contexts in whic...

Discovering Our Collections

Discover some of the British Library's most treasured objects

Discovering Sacred Texts

Explore the sacred texts of the world’s great faiths

Early Indian printed books

Discover one of the largest collections of digitised early Indian printed books

Georgian Britain

Delve into the lives of the Georgians

Greek manuscripts

Discover one of the world's great collections of Greek manuscripts

History of recorded sound

Just a century or so ago that you could only hear something once, a sound was heard for a moment and then gone forever....

If homes had ears

Open your ears, draw back the curtains and peek into domestic life as you may never have heard it before.

LGBTQ histories

Explore the development of LGBTQ identities and communities in the UK.

Magna Carta

Explore the origins and 800-year legacy of Magna Carta, and discover its relevance to justice, liberty and the law today...

Maps

Discover how maps made the world we live in

Medieval England and France, 700–1200

Explore illuminated manuscripts from the national libraries of the UK and France