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Taking Liberties: the struggle for Britain's freedoms and rights

31 October 2008 – 1 March 2009

  • How many times have you heard Magna Carta mentioned in the news of late?
  • How far would you go to defend what you believed to be right?
  • Which political rights do you enjoy in Britain today and which would you least like to lose?
  • What struggles have taken place over time to create the constitution we live in today?
  • Who were the British heroes and heroines who campaigned for political causes often at great risk to themselves?
  • Imagine a world where you were stripped of all rights.

The British Library’s forthcoming exhibition ‘Taking Liberties: the struggle for Britain’s freedoms and rights’ uncovers the roots of British democracy over a period of more than 900 years.

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