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  • Writing Britain

    Writing Britain

    BOOK NOW Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands

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  • Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the BBC

    The Listening Project

    Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the BBC

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  • Learning

    Learning

    Listen to well-known figures perform readings of poetry by some of Britain and America's most distinguished poets.

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  • St Cuthbert Gospel

    Saved for the nation

    Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors, we have acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel

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  • Manchester ship canal

    Item of the week

    A Music Hall song celebrating the Manchester Ship Canal, which made the city prosperous in the 19th century

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Latest news

Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands

EXHIBITION NOW OPEN! Over 150 literary works, sound recordings, videos, letters, photographs… #writingbritain

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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

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British Library and Artquest research residency

An opportunity for a mid-career London-based jeweller with at least five years’ practice

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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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