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Reduced opening hours this week
20 June 2022
We have made the decision to reduce our opening times this week at our St Pancras site due to an electrical fault affect...
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Jaipur Literature Festival this weekend
10 June 2022
We’re making a few venue changes and some of the venues will be a little smaller than planned
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View our new extension plans
31 March 2022
We’ve submitted a planning application with our commercial development partner (SMBL) to extend our St Pancras site with...
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Change to CLA copyright fees for book chapters fro...
29 March 2022
From 1 April 2022, CLA will provide a copyright fee specifically for book chapters, based on publisher-set pricing
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Some of our collection items are temporarily unava...
28 March 2022
Stay updated on any disruption to the availability of items in our collection
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One day preservation courses at the British Librar...
23 March 2022
Book your place on one of our Continued Professional Development courses.
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New exhibition in Leeds
21 March 2022
Our collaborative exhibition with Leeds Art Gallery and artist Jill McKnight is open.
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The archive of writer, psychotherapist and London’...
17 March 2022
Working drafts of fiction and non-fiction, letters from publishers and literary agents, a selection of books and ‘born-d...
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RMS collection embargo
08 March 2022
We're enhancing our storage facilities in Boston Spa and some of our collections are being moved to enable this work. As...
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Meet Jamal, our new Community Project Co-ordinator
02 March 2022
Meet Jamal and find out how he is working with the local community around the British Library.
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Keeping everyone safe
24 February 2022
We’re working hard at both our sites to make sure everyone can visit us safely.
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Sustainable Boston Spa redevelopment given the gre...
07 January 2022
Planned improvements will transform our northern site into a modern and sustainable home for the UK’s growing national c...
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