A graphic of people with placards expressing feminist demands.

Exhibition

Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights

Open until 1 Aug 2021

A fairer world for everyone: the fight for women’s rights is unfinished business.

A Torah in the Hebrew Manuscripts exhibition
Exhibition

Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word

18 Aug 2020 - 6 Jun 2021

Journey beyond the Bible to discover the history, culture and traditions of Jewish people from all corners of the world through the ages.

Image credit: Sothiou Courtesy of the Studio of Nicola Green and Jealous © The Estate of Khadija Saye, London
Exhibition FREE

Khadija Saye: in this space we breathe

3 Dec 2020 - 8 Aug 2021

"We exist in the marriage of physical and spiritual remembrance. It's in these spaces...[that] we identify with our physical and imagined bodies." – Khadija Saye

Events at the Library

Two young girls and their father seated playing a game.
Family Activity FREE

Online Family Workshop: Out and About

A live, free online workshop for children aged 5+ and their families.

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Other events

Two young girls and their father seated playing a game.
Family Activity FREE

Online Family Workshop: Out and About

A live, free online workshop for children aged 5+ and their families.

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Georgina Hayden and Lindsey Bareham
Online Event

Homecooked

Recipes as refuge, relief and resistance.

Opening from Anglo-Saxon manuscript
Course

Learn Live: Intermediate Old English

Deepen your knowledge of Old English literature at our intermediate level online course

Limited places
Tamil text.
Online Event

Occluded Muslim Histories of Modern South Indian Rāga-Based Music

Exploring complex histories of Islamic musical production in colonial South India with Davesh Soneji.

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Tours of the Library

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