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The Listening Project
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the BBC
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Learning
Listen to well-known figures perform readings of poetry by some of Britain and America's most distinguished poets.
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Saved for the nation
Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors, we have acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel
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Item of the week
Illuminating the alphabet: A set of posters, each of which represents a different letter
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The Curious Cookbook
Viper Soup, Badger Ham, Stewed Sparrows and 100 more historic recipes
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Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands
EXHIBITION NOW OPEN! Over 150 literary works, sound recordings, videos, letters, photographs… #writingbritain
Coming to Quebec: 350 Years of Travel and Travellers
Explore a bucolic paradise of field and stream, and a remote land of snow and ice in a whirlwind presentation at the Library on 22 May
British Library and Artquest research residency
An opportunity for a mid-career London-based jeweller with at least five years’ practice
New Chief Executive Appointment
The Board of the British Library has appointed Roly Keating as the Library’s new Chief Executive Officer. He will take up his new appointment on 12 September 2012.
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