British Library

February 2, 2023
Last year, the British Library and its development partners Stanhope plc and Mitsui Fudosan UK Ltd (SMBL) submitted a planning application to extend, reorient and op
January 18, 2023
A miniature Charlotte Brontë volume, leaves from Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth, and Emily Brontë’s notebook of her poems are among items now available to view online.
January 12, 2023
The latest series of Panizzi Lectures run by the British Library is now available to view via its YouTube channel.
January 4, 2023
Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library, has been knighted for services to literature in the 2023 New Year Honours which recognises the achievements and service of people across the UK
December 2, 2022
A new film about the Blavatnik Honresfield Library that was saved for the
November 15, 2022
As bibliomysteries go, the first paragraph of
November 4, 2022
The British Library has announced its coming exhibitions for 2023 which feature a number of items which will interest Fine Books readers.
October 21, 2022
London, British Library - Chinese and British (November 18, 2022 – April 23, 2023).
May 4, 2022
An exhibition at the British Library opening later this month showcases the role gold has played in the production of some of the world’s finest manuscripts, from book covers and illuminations to w
March 23, 2022
At a time when most fictional detectives seem to have some kind of unusual quirk, terrible relationship history, or appalling skeleton in the closet, it’s nice to come across the virtuous and jolly