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What’s on in Leeds this autumn

22 September 2023

Join us in Leeds for magic, dreaming and Tracy Chevalier.

Collaborative Doctoral Partnership opportunities f...

21 September 2023

Call for applications – HEI partners for AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Projects 2024/25

British Library acquires the archive of politician...

14 September 2023

Our acquisition, which covers both her political career and public life, will also be marked by a free display in our Tr...

Could you help save the stories that shaped histor...

06 September 2023

Help us conserve our collection for future generations by supporting our conservation appeal today

Essential maintenance work this weekend

31 August 2023

Essential maintenance work is scheduled for some of our online systems over the weekend of 2 and 3 September.

Unique disc acquisition from the KLF and their sur...

24 August 2023

The British Library has acquired The Acetate, the only physical copy of a new, reconstructed version of the Justified An...

Changes to opening times due to planned transport...

22 August 2023

Opening times at our St Pancras will be slightly amended on days affected by the planned transport strikes.

We are open today as usual

16 August 2023

We are open today, Wednesday 16 August 2023, as usual.

Early closure of building

15 August 2023

Early closure of St Pancras building

Changes to opening times due to planned transport...

19 July 2023

Opening times at our St Pancras will be slightly amended on days affected by the planned transport strikes.

Hidden text within Camden’s Annals shines a new li...

19 July 2023

British Library researcher uncovers passages that have not been read for 400 years.

All our technology services are now available

18 July 2023

Following major technology disruption since Friday, all our technology services have now been restored.

Services update

17 July 2023

Following the major technology disruption on Friday, there are limited IT-based services at our sites continuing into Tu...

Disruption to technology services on Friday 14 Jul...

14 July 2023

We are experiencing major disruption to technology systems today, Friday 14 July 2023

Celebrating 50 years as the UK’s national library

06 July 2023

Public events will celebrate our users, the institutions and individuals that came together to form the UK national libr...