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

The British Council, Britain’s flagship for cultural diplomacy, is in trouble. Its chief executive, Scott McDonald, told MPs last week that the organisation is “in real financial peril” and is now ...

Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack - Staff tell Athena Stavrou they’ve faced abuse ...

It's not the first time the current iteration of the British monarchy — the House of Windsor ... According to the House of ...

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

: [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 ...

The late Irish writer Oscar Wilde is set to have his reader’s card reissued by the British Library, 130 years after the original was revoked over his conviction for “gross indecency”. The British ...

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency". The ...

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay. In ...