The British Library
Yes, we have a copy of just about every book ever published in Britain. But we also stage loads of events, we have a huge website, and we run free exhibitions. We have free wi-fi too! Visit us soon.

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1 July 1973

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Exhibition now on:
Major summer exhibition
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Exhibition now on:
Sound and Fury: The power of public speaking
3 February - 30 September 2009
Open daily
Free admission

Exhibition now on:
Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library
Permanent Exhibition
Open daily
Free admission
 

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The British Library Our Taking Liberties site, with its acclaimed voting interactive, has just won the 2009 Nominet Award for Open Internet.

Taking Liberties :: home
Source: www.bl.uk
EXPLORE THE 900-YEAR STRUGGLE FOR BRITAIN'S FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS Voting interactive Online Exhibition Podcasts About the exhibition NEWS This site wins 2009 Nominet Award
Yesterday at 2:10am
Martha
Martha at 5:55pm July 3
Wow! As a Yank, it's a bit awe-inspiring to think of a 900 year civil rights struggle. Of course, we forget how much of British law is incorporated in American law-- really, this absolutely is not taught in high school nor college...
Martha
Martha at 5:57pm July 3
Forgot to note- I have always considered myself a left liberal in US- so was a little chagrined to find I was often right of the British majority (well, those who went through this exhibit, anyway!)
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The British Library Congrats to Philip Hoare on winning Samuel Johnson Prize http://bit.ly/sJI44

'Classic' study of whales wins Samuel Johnson prize | Books | guardian.co.uk
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Philip Hoare's Leviathan wins Britain's most important prize for non-fiction
Wed at 2:29am
Marianus Bryan

Marianus Bryan hey...what kind of a new book for this month?

June 30 at 10:44pm · Report
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The British Library Video (20sec) of traditional Cockney singalong outside Library today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcEYbepoMX0

Lambeth Walk
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British Library visitors enjoy a traditional London knees-up by singing the Lambeth Walk in the Piazza at St Pancras on 30 June 2009. Part of the 'Street Piano' project that summer, which encouraged community ...
June 30 at 8:40am
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The British Library at 8:48am June 30
And if that's not your cup of tea, get out of the heat and enjoy the airconditioning and the free wifi indoors
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The British Library Nice Flickr pics from visitor to our Henry VIII Late Night event last Wednesday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetagrochowska/3659115495/in/set-72157620537655678/

Late at the Library: A Night with Henry VIII
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www.anetaphotography.com
June 26 at 5:33am
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The British Library Hear Library curator Jamie Andrews on his trip to collect the John Berger archive from the writer's farm in France on BBC Radio 4 today. It's available on the BBC's Listen Again facility for the next seven days. Jamie's bit starts at 19:01.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l36gs

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - You and Yours, 25/06/2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
June 25 at 5:36am
Mike Bowles

Mike Bowles I'd like to contact jamie andrews viz john berger. my mum and her friend mary turner were friends of john in the late 1950s?
can u provide his email and uptodate info on the berger bequest/archive?
regards
michael bowles
email: igloopao@hotmail.com

June 25 at 4:48am · Report
Philip Overal

Philip Overal how can i join the britsh libery special forces?

June 24 at 7:45am · Report
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The British Library at 9:31am June 24
First step: demonstrate a basic grasp of grammar, spelling and keyboard skills ;-)
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The British Library at 3:41am June 26
But then we would say that wouldn't we?
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The British Library Hear a snippet of the free lunchtime concert of music by and for Henry VIII just given by early music experts Alamire - and find out how to catch them again tonight http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/henry/

Henry VIII: Man and Monarch
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News about the major exhibition at the British Library, 23 April-6 September 2009
June 24 at 6:35am
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The British Library at 9:11am June 24
That lunchtime concert was recorded, and we're hoping to put it out in full in the next few days, so keep an eye on this page or on http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/exhibition/henry/index.html
Eleanor
Eleanor at 9:52am June 24
Ah, Gratis!
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The Somers Town jesters’ project
Some say that Somers Town, the area adjoining the British Library, was land once granted to Henry VIII’s favourite jester and court confidant Will Somers. In his honour, a gro...
Host:The British Library
Time:1:00PM Friday, July 3rd
Location:Piazza, The British Library
June 22 at 2:46am
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The British Library New audio interview with Geoff Dyer about John Berger and the archive he's donating to the Library http://www.bl.uk/johnberger/

Donation of John Berger archive
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John Berger archive
June 22 at 2:03am
Lindsey

Lindsey Best. Place. Ever.

June 19 at 8:09pm · Report
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The British Library New podcast: Henry VIII myths busted. We ask people in the street what they know about him - then historian David Starkey puts the record straight (17 min, 7.8MB) http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/exhibition/henry/index.html

Podcasts - Henry VIII
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Henry VIII: Man and Monarch Podcasts
June 19 at 2:33am
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The British Library BBC News report on the C19th newspapers website. ps our Reading Rooms are not dusty! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8104099.stm

BBC NEWS | UK | Just click for a century of news
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
The British Library has put two million digitised pages from 19th century newspapers online, taking research out of its dusty reading rooms into people's homes.
June 18 at 2:09am
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The British Library at 2:25pm June 19
For the more recent (i.e. 20th-century!) papers you will have more problems with copyright of course
Martha
Martha at 5:56pm June 19
Vous avez raison!!
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The British Library Live - 2 million pages of digitised C19th newspapers http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/

June 18 at 2:06am
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The British Library at 8:32am June 19
Hi Mehmet. Don't worry! A lot of the content IS free, and you can specify tosearch on only the free content if you want. Also, if you come into the Library and use a terminal in a Reading Room, you can access the whole digitised collection for free.
Christiane
Christiane at 10:08am June 19
wow, wow, wow. you guys are light-years ahead of the world. Thanks so very much!
Martin Neutmann

Martin Neutmann have done research several times and each time i have felt like a child with his first bicycle. when you are in, you don't want to get into any toher libray.

June 17 at 7:41am · Report
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The British Library at 3:37am June 18
And we recommend coming by bicycle! We have lots of secure covered and uncovered cycle parking right in the Piazza.
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The British Library Our response to Digital Britain report http://tiny.cc/ROwZB

Dame Lynne Brindley responds to Digital Britain report conclusions
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Dame Lynne Brindley responds to Digital Britain report conclusions
June 17 at 4:26am
Laura

Laura Content of exhibition, FANTASTIC, The Audio Guides and interactive parts Excellent.... the half completed & scruffy finish to the exhibition cases lets it down a bit, the dark lighting in parts, again lets an excellent exhibition down BUT Highly recomended though, amazing came face to face with Tudors i hadn't seen before - intresting side to Henry! Well worth the fee.

June 16 at 10:55am · Report
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The British Library at 2:24am June 17
Thanks - glad you liked it! Sadly we have to keep things a bit dim to preserve the manuscripts and paintings. You can see 40 of the Library's key documents from the exhibition, including zoomable hi-res images, online at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/henryviii/index.html
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The British Library Henry 2 for 1 ticket offer, see your facebook updates to find out how.

June 15 at 7:43am
Horacio

Horacio I wonder if I'm becoming a book worm ?

June 13 at 6:38am · Report
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The British Library We now have a Facebook Username. You can reach this page by typing http://www.facebook.com/britishlibrary

June 12 at 11:08pm
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The British Library at 12:04pm June 14
It was worth getting up at 5am to do!
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
Film Screening
An all-time classic movie that was the first major British hit in the USA, The Private Life of Henry VIII (directed by Alexander Korda, 1933, 97 mins) is a brilliantly perform...
Host:The British Library
Time:6:30PM Monday, July 13th
Location:The British Library
June 11 at 7:40am · RSVP to this event
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The British Library Facebook exclusive bonus MP3: Audience questions and answers from David Starkey's Henry VIII lecture on 2 June (see below). Hear it at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/starkey2q.mp3 (16min, MP3)

June 11 at 3:48am
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The British Library If you missed David Starkey's second lecture on Tuesday 2 June...'The Change: 1509-33' is available as a podcast (57min, MP3). Hear it at http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/exhibition/henry/index.html

Podcasts - Henry VIII
Source: www.bl.uk
Henry VIII: Man and Monarch Podcasts
June 10 at 7:16am
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The British Library Get inside the mind of Henry VIII with our new interactive.
Explore key documents from his reign and reveal the notes he wrote on them. Zoom, click and drag, see transcriptions.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/henryviii/interactive/index.html

Interactive: Find Henry’s margin notes
Source: www.bl.uk
Reveal the notes Henry added to three key documents to find out his thoughts on the big issues of his reign.
June 8 at 5:50am
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The British Library Spend a night with Henry VIII in our 'Late at the Library', 7-11pm, Wed 24 Jun. Sublime Tudor music from Alamire, unique medieval-rock from Circulus, jesters, comedians, circus acts and Henry VIII himself!
http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event92482.html

Late at the Library:
Source: www.bl.uk
evening of Tudor festivities, including performances from the Kings favourite jesters, circus acts and comedians.
June 5 at 7:29am
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The British Library Henry VIII: Man and Monarch Prize Draw launches today, for your chance to win a weekend break for two at the Bear Hotel Hungerford visit www.bl.uk/prizedraw

Henry VIII exhibition prize draw
Source: www.bl.uk
Prize draw for the Henry VIII exhibition
June 5 at 6:50am
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The British Library There's another new podcast up. Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours contains a remarkable written dialogue between Anne and Henry VIII. It provides an intimate and revealing insight into the love affair that ultimately changed an entire nation. Scot McKendrick of the British Library explains. 7min, MP3. Hear it at
http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/exhibition/henry/index.html

Podcasts - Henry VIII
Source: www.bl.uk
Henry VIII: Man and Monarch Podcasts
June 3 at 3:35am