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Writing: Making Your Mark

Writing: Making Your Mark

Fri 26 Apr - Tue 27 Aug 2019

09 April Snozzcumbers Raspberry Jam and Midnight Feasts

Snozzcumbers, Raspberry Jam and Midnight Feasts: Food in Children's Literature

Tue 9 Apr 2019

12 April The Vampyre 200 Years On

The Vampyre: 200 Years On

Fri 12 Apr 2019

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Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion

Fri 7 Jun - Sun 8 Sep 2019

15 April Joanne Harris Food in Fiction

Joanne Harris: Food in Fiction

Mon 15 Apr 2019

The spirit of a place

The Spirit of a Place

Tue 16 Apr 2019

Expressive Writing and Calligraphy course

Expressive Writing and Calligraphy

Tue 21 May 2019

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A selection of diaries from the Tony Benn Archive. Photo credit: British Library.

Archive of Tony Benn acquired for the nation

From political diaries to audio and video content

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Computing course being developed for the Cultural Heritage Sector

A project to develop a new postgraduate certificate, Computing for Cultural Heritage, with The National Archives and Birkbeck…

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Medieval manuscripts blog from the British Library

An important Anglo-Saxon manuscript acquired for the nation

Digital scholarship blog at the British Library

Staying Late at the Library ... to Algorave

Untold Lives blog from the British Library

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Greek manuscript on magic

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Discover 100 years of children’s songs, rhymes and games at www.bl.uk/playtimes

Playtimes: Explore a century of children's games and rhymes

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