British Library

July 14, 2023
Through the use of new imaging technology, the British Library has been able to uncover hidden text in William Camden’s Annals, the first official account o
July 11, 2023
As the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia continues to entertain, an anonymous donor has safeguarded the public future of one of the world's rarest cricket books.
July 11, 2023
This month marks 50 years since the British Library began operations in July 1973
June 22, 2023
The eighth annual Bodies From The Library conference at the British Library takes place on June 24 and there's still time to obtain last minute tickets.
June 7, 2023
The British Library's new exhibition Digital Storytelling explores how evolving online technologies have changed how writers write, and readers read.
April 26, 2023
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library reveals how the intersection of science, art and sound has been instrumental in our un
April 6, 2023
During April this year the six legal deposit libraries of the UK and Ireland, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge
March 31, 2023
The British Library has reported on its Gender Pay Gap for the sixth year of what is now an annual cycle of reporting.
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.