Mapmakers of the 19th century sought to render both the natural and political worlds with clarity and beauty.

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The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of gross indecency. On Thursday, the British Library will hand over a symbolic new card to his grandson.

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

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This fascinating new exhibition in London reveals the multitude of ways that maps have been used to both explain and ...

Researchers from LSE and Lancaster University have recreated Victorian London in the form of a Minecraft world build. Called ...

AUTUMN has most certainly arrived – and with it, the dilemma of where to entertain the kids that’s weatherproof. Luckily, ...

HUNDREDS of workers at the British Library in London began a two-week strike in a dispute over pay today.More than 300 staff ...

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 ...