Secret Maps at the British Library reconsiders the lines that shape our world

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

The Years Of The Wizard Rachel Morris: The golden age of the great British magician

The man who acted as alchemist to James IV of Scotland – John Damian – had a secret laboratory in Stirling Castle. It was there that he built himself a pair of wings and attempted to fly from the ...

Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack

Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack - Staff tell Athena Stavrou they’ve faced abuse ...
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How ancient manuscripts are writing the next chapter of India-UK cultural cooperation

When the Programme of Cultural Cooperation (PoCC) was signed between India and the UK in May 2025, it acknowledged that ...
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The British Museum’s Hidden Reading Room Is Open To The Public — It Was Once A Sanctuary For Great Thinkers Including Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf

You can visit the Reading Room, located in the heart of the British Museum for free. Here's everything you need to know.
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A brief history of the British Museum's central London home

The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

What makes the perfect British university town – and eight of the very best

Ah, autumn. The season of falling leaves, pumpkin lattes and gaggles of fresh-faced students repopulating campuses across the ...

Last minute October half-term ideas – ultimate guide to everything you can do for FREE from pumpkin patches to fireworks

THE kids have broken up for half term and are running riot around the house, but you haven’t made any plans to keep them ...

These manuscripts brought the fantastic beasts of the Middle Ages to life

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

Where the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum might end up

NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, speculation is growing around where the ...
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Once revoked for 'indecency,' the British Library reinstates Oscar Wilde's library card

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it.
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Once revoked for 'indecency,' the British Library reinstates Oscar Wilde's library card

: [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION Oct. 22, 2025: Although widely attributed to Oscar Wilde, the quote that kicks off this story — “be yourself; everyone else is already taken” — may not, in fact, have ...