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Newsflash! #BLHarryPotter tickets for 2018 are now on sale AND we've added some extra slots over the festive period. http://bit.ly/2s6w6hk
(We know, we’re spoiling you.)
(We know, we’re spoiling you.)
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'My work has been inspired by, and created in, this country, so I’m very pleased that my archive has been accepted by the British Library...'
We're absolutely delighted to have acquired Michael Palin's personal archive which includes drafts, working material, personal reflections and 50 'Python Notebooks'! http://bit.ly/2s5uzb2
We're absolutely delighted to have acquired Michael Palin's personal archive which includes drafts, working material, personal reflections and 50 'Python Notebooks'! http://bit.ly/2s5uzb2
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Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty is now open at the Library!
1895, the trial of Oscar Wilde. 2017, the pardoning of gay men by the ‘Alan Turing Law’. How far have we come in 122 years?
50 years after the Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality, our free exhibition looks at the build up to this monumental step, its impact, and asks what challenges still remain.
Find out more http://bit.ly/2ryt47i
#BLGayUK
(Images © LSE Library and Peter Tatchell)
1895, the trial of Oscar Wilde. 2017, the pardoning of gay men by the ‘Alan Turing Law’. How far have we come in 122 years?
50 years after the Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality, our free exhibition looks at the build up to this monumental step, its impact, and asks what challenges still remain.
Find out more http://bit.ly/2ryt47i
#BLGayUK
(Images © LSE Library and Peter Tatchell)
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The rose is the birth flower for June so here are some pretty posies for you today.
This image is by Javier Gose from Gazette de Bon, Paris, 1913.
This image is by Javier Gose from Gazette de Bon, Paris, 1913.
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Today is the feast day of St Bede.
Beginning with initial 'B', this is the opening to ‘Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People’. http://bit.ly/2q9CHpx #BLHighlights
Beginning with initial 'B', this is the opening to ‘Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People’. http://bit.ly/2q9CHpx #BLHighlights
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'We were fairly accustomed to receive weird telegrams at Baker Street...'
Don your deerstalker and investigate Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1904 manuscript for ‘The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter’ this #SherlockHolmesDay. http://bit.ly/2q8TQ2u
Don your deerstalker and investigate Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1904 manuscript for ‘The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter’ this #SherlockHolmesDay. http://bit.ly/2q8TQ2u
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Author Matthew Lewis died #onthisday in 1818.
His novel, 'The Monk’ (1796), marked a turning point in the history of Gothic literature. Telling the story of one man's fall from grace through greed, pride and lust – via a plentiful measure of murder, sorcery and incest – Lewis even had to remove several controversial passages from the book. http://bit.ly/1YnjdZ4 #DiscoveringLiterature
His novel, 'The Monk’ (1796), marked a turning point in the history of Gothic literature. Telling the story of one man's fall from grace through greed, pride and lust – via a plentiful measure of murder, sorcery and incest – Lewis even had to remove several controversial passages from the book. http://bit.ly/1YnjdZ4 #DiscoveringLiterature
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‘I have seen to be most effectual, the rest of the treatment being open air during the greater part of the day…’
National hero. Talented mathematician. 'The Lady With The Lamp'. Florence Nightingale was born #onthisday in 1820 and this is her letter on the benefits of clean air. Take a look this #InternationalNursesDay. http://bit.ly/2prxOLX
National hero. Talented mathematician. 'The Lady With The Lamp'. Florence Nightingale was born #onthisday in 1820 and this is her letter on the benefits of clean air. Take a look this #InternationalNursesDay. http://bit.ly/2prxOLX
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'A braggart, a drunk and a hothead'
Our English and Drama team look at the Renaissance writers who didn’t play by the rules in their latest blog http://bit.ly/2q16dyw #DiscoveringLiterature
Our English and Drama team look at the Renaissance writers who didn’t play by the rules in their latest blog http://bit.ly/2q16dyw #DiscoveringLiterature
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Our display of 'Quentin Blake: The Roald Dahl Centenary Portraits' closes Sunday 21 May. We think you should most definitely visit, it's utterly gloriumptious! http://bit.ly/2qCFUyz
(And judging by Miss Trunchball's menacing glare, she wouldn't be pleased if you missed it.)
Images (c) Quentin Blake, 2016
(And judging by Miss Trunchball's menacing glare, she wouldn't be pleased if you missed it.)
Images (c) Quentin Blake, 2016
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