From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit. By Susanne Fowler The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of ...

Earlier this month, Open Culture pointed to a big move from the British Library: the library is putting a million images into the public domain. An image by Eliza F. Manning from “The Coming of Father ...

On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and ...

British Library employees are being balloted for a month-long’s industrial action over pay negotiations and a restructure of senior management. Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union released a ...

The British Library has acquired previously unknown sketches and drafts by Sir Edward Elgar for his famous 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', a significant addition to the library’s collection of ...

British Library chief executive Roly Keating has said that the organisation is aiming to have some key services that remain offline after a cyber attack restored in time for the beginning of the new ...

After 130 years, the British Library will symbolically reinstate the reader pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde. The physical pass will be officially handed over to Wilde’s ...

The three-year collaboration includes a programme for Yuewen writers to see some of the iconic items in the British Library's collection, attend creative workshops, and engage in co-creation digital ...

Preface / Sir Colin Lucas -- Notes on contributors -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : from texts to collections / David Pearson -- The foundation collections. Henry VIII's library and ...

The British Library has some valuable charges to keep safe — Shakespeare’s First Folio, two copies of the Magna Carta and manuscripts by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Brontë. Now those treasures have ...