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2023 is the 20th anniversary of Chawton House opening to the public.
Poets in Vogue brings together the fashion worlds and poetic work of seven women poets through a series of displays, including an
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) has acquired an important archival collection relating to pioneering 19th-century geologist and theolog
During April this year the six legal deposit libraries of the UK and Ireland, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge
A hundred-year-old Peace Petition signed by almost 400,000 Welsh Women is to return to Wales as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History transfers the oak chest and petition to the Nat
After the execution of King Charles I in 1649 and death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, public unrest in Britain was rife, with increasing chaotic scenes in government and a growing desire for the retu
The Folio Society has release a new limited edition of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the book’s original publi
Swann’s annual Printed & Manuscript African Americana auction was the most successful in its 28-year history.
A book vending machine has been installed at Exeter St Davids thanks to a new partnership between Penguin Books in England, Exeter UNESCO City of Literature and Great Western Railway.
The British Library has reported on its Gender Pay Gap for the sixth year of what is now an annual cycle of reporting.