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The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library

Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning

Evening Standard

British Library staff to strike before Christmas in new blow for London institution

More than 300 union members will walk out from December 8-12

Evening Standard

British Library strikers deserve our support

Letters: Jane Ghosh says it’s time to value all library workers, while Keith Flett wonders if the local MP can help

The Guardian - UK

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

Maps do more than show us where we are or help us find where we need to go. They are powerful cultural documents, reflecting – and often shaping – the values, priorities and secrets of the societies that create them.

The Conversation

‘People have had to move house’: Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack

Staff tell Athena Stavrou they’ve faced abuse because of ongoing issues at the library, where dozens of services remain unavailable

The Independent UK

Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers

King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend in support of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Robert Wilkinson obituary

Other lives: Local authority community worker who became a freelance expert in recording oral history

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The best of what to do in London this October half term

From exhibitions at the British Library to a wildlife tour with Steve Backshall, here’s what to get up to during the October break

Evening Standard

Was Oscar Wilde Gay? Questions Resurface After His Library Card Is Reissued 130 Years After Being Revoked Over Suspicions of Homosexuality

Oscar Wilde's reading pass for the British Library was reissued after its revocation 130 years ago.

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Oscar Wilde’s library card reissued by the British Library 130 years after it was revoked

The British Library said they hoped to honour Wilde’s memory and ‘acknowledge the injustices and immense suffering he faced’

The Independent UK

New exhibition explores history of decorative borders: from medieval manuscripts to William Morris

The Nature of Gothic, at the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, explores the history of decorative borders over hundreds of years. It covers the period from the late medieval age to the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Conversation

Monastic music that survived Henry VIII’s dissolution brought back to life

Buckland Abbey recreates music telling of medieval life in extraordinary discovery

The Guardian - UK

Vera Lynn’s audition records to be released 90 years after they were recorded

What A Difference A Day Makes will be released as a single on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

Evening Standard

Government launches major attempt to crack down on ransomware epidemic

The UK government has launched a major attempt to crackdown on ransomware – as the particularly kind of cyber attack continues to threaten life in the country.

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The Conversation

Why snappy dogs, scratchy cats, and hungry worms were part of a medieval woman’s vision of the afterlife

The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that appeared to an unnamed woman recluse living in Winchester, England, over the course of three nights in the summer of 1422. The woman was an anchoress. That means she had chosen…

Digital Camera World

Ever wondered what it takes to be a National Geographic photographer? Then you won't want to miss this event!

Set to return this October, WildPhotos promises an unmissable day of visual storytelling, ethical debate, and creative inspiration for photographers, filmmakers, and nature lovers

The Guardian - UK

Pioneering London playwright decried gentrification of ‘writer’s paradise’

In 1992 letter, Mustapha Matura warned of risk to Ladbroke Grove, home to strong Caribbean creative community

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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

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Patricia Herbert obituary

Other lives: British Library curator and author of The Life of the Buddha

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‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online

The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free

The Conversation

Moomin merchandise and fashion: 80 years of ultra-savvy marketing that taps into childhood nostalgia

On a visit to the British Library in London to research this piece, I was preceded by a woman with a lilac-coloured tote featuring a mischievous-looking girl with a severe top knot and black dress. I instantly recognised the distinctive outline of Tove Jansson’s Little My, one of the many…

The Guardian - UK

Food and freedom: exhibition charts radical history of gardening in Britain

Artefacts from 11th century on display at British Library in London, alongside work of modern-day community group

What Hi-Fi?

I heard my favourite Radiohead album on the B&W speakers used to record it – and now I love it even more

I heard Radiohead's The Bends played through on the Bowers & Wilkins speakers used to record it in 1995.

Evening Standard

Digital collection of oldest English language daily newspaper to be boosted

The News Letter was first published in September 1737.

The Guardian - UK

British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece

Exclusive: sketches for Introduction and Allegro for Strings had been removed from sketchbook by composer in 1930

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