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James Cook: The Voyages

James Cook: The Voyages

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Ex-Libris – The New York Public Library

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Thu 12 Jul 2018

"York" by Charles Russell (1908)

Summer Scholars: Cotton and Black Labour, and Lewis and Clark Reimagined

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Fri 13 Jul 2018

Treasures of the British Library. Discover stories that shape the world.

Treasures of the British Library

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Kangaroo by Sydney Parkinson (c) Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

Drawing Masterclass: Animal Encounters

Sat 14 Jul 2018

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'Breakfast Programs, The Black Panther, 19 July 1969, p.16 (source: The Freedom Archives)

Summer Scholars: USIA and Iran, and Black Panthers in Illinois

Mon 16 Jul 2018

Infinite Journeys

Infinite Journeys: Interactive Fiction Summer School

Mon 23 Jul 2018

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Tuhuratanga

Tūhuratanga – Voyage of Discovery: Photographs by Crystal Te Moananui-Squares

New display now open in our Second Floor Gallery

The Adventures of Captain Gulliver title page

Bringing the Restoration and 18th - century literature to life

What literary treasures will inspire you?

Dame Carol Black

A new Chair for the British Library

Dame Carol Black appointed for a four-year term starting in September

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Untold Lives blog from the British Library

Spence Broughton: A Ghostly Highwayman

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Liz Earle MBE: live up to your brand principles which stand the test of time

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Chopin First Editions available online

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Franz Schubert, manuscript of An die Musik and portrait. Zweig MS 81, A, B.

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