Events
Selected
Priority booking
-
ExhibitionBreaking the News
-Challenge and change the way you think about news. This exhibition prompts big questions about the news we consume.
Book now Members go free -
Exhibition FREE
Living with Machines
Revisit the industrial revolution at Leeds City Museum.
Book now Members go free -
Events and activities in Leeds
-Enjoy cultural and learning activities in and around Leeds.
More information -
Breaking the News events
-A season of events to accompany our Breaking the News exhibition
More information -
Slow News Café
-A drop-in session with the newsmakers, 10-11am in the Entrance Hall on 3rd May, 17th May, 31st May, 14th June, 28th ...
More information -
One day preservation courses at the British Library
-Spring and Summer 2022 courses
More information -
Gold: Our Au-some Events
-Dive deeper into the world of gold with our full season of events.
More information -
At the Library
Resistance: Simon Armitage at the British Library
Simon Armitage reads his new poem, Resistance.
Sold out -
At the Library
Whistleblowers
A panel of renowned stirrers, shakers, and trouble makers asks: what have whistleblowers ever done for us?
Book now -
At the Library and online FREE
Black Theatre Making and Censorship in the Archive
Explore Black theatre making in the Lord Chamberlain’s Plays collection.
Book now -
At the Library
Gold and the Art of Manuscript Illumination
With master scribe and illuminator Patricia Lovett
Book now -
At the Library
Massaging the Message: Propaganda and the Rise of Populism
Leading experts on propaganda discuss its impact on democracy.
Book now -
-
At the Library and online
Golden Books
The art and meaning of precious metal in illuminated manuscripts
Book now -
At the Library and online FREE
Creating the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
A century of recovery… and beyond.
Book now