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‘Major technology outage’ reported at British Library after cyber incident

The research library in London has a large deposit of the UK and world’s book collections.

The Independent UK

British Library suffering major technology outage after cyber-attack

Access to the website and services at its sites in London and Yorkshire are unavailable, the library said

The Guardian - UK

British Library 'experiencing major technology outage due to cyber incident'

The British Library is suffering a major technology outage as a result of an unknown cyber incident.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian view on the British Library’s digital archive: a new life for Chaucer

Editorial: The latest collection to go online reveals the six centuries of influence of a medieval giant who predated the printed press

The Guardian - UK

British Library celebrates the surging popularity of fantasy fiction

Authors’ sketches, early editions and movie props all feature in a new exhibition exploring the long history of the genre

The Guardian - UK

Chaucer goes digital as British Library makes works available online

Library photographs and uploads its entire collection of manuscripts by author of The Canterbury Tales

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer urged to make King Charles pay for monarchy's role in slavery

A CAMPAIGN group within the Labour Party are calling on Keir Starmer to ensure King Charles pays reparations for the monarchy’s role in slavery.

The National (Scotland)

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British Library acquires archive of SDP co-founder Shirley Williams

Exclusive: Papers, notebooks, letters, speeches and photos from 60-year career in public life donated by daughter

The Guardian - UK

Collection of Hilary Mantel’s essays to be published in posthumous memoir

The publication will be marked with three curated events at Cheltenham Literature Festival, Stratford Literary Festival and at the British Library.

The Independent UK

Why does the moon change shape and why are cheetahs fast? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK

Emma Corrin answers London’s burning questions

At only 27, one of our favourite Londoners, Emma Corrin, has already dazzled as Princess Diana and Lady Chatterley. Now the actor is stepping into the spotlight for ES readers…

Evening Standard

The KLF remake scrapped 1987 album and donate it to British Library

1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) was withdrawn from sale following a dispute with ABBA over unauthorized samples

MusicRadar

KLF donate copy of reconstructed 1987 album to British Library

Unsold copies of original album were destroyed after a legal dispute with Abba

The Guardian - UK

Fay Godwin remembered: the photographer who taught us to see landscapes differently

Exhibition of the celebrated landscape photographer's work to open in Cornwall in September

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The Guardian - UK

‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years

British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign

The Guardian - UK

British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor

William Epps’s 1799 book of scorecards from ‘the grand matches’, formerly owned by commentator John Arlott, has been saved for the nation

The Guardian - UK

‘Fascinating’ Tippett letter reveals composer changed by prison

Exclusive: Pacifist composer’s intimate 1943 jail letter ‘best Tippett discovery for 50 years’

The Guardian - UK

Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts

The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British Library

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Check this out: the British Library gets into gaming

Digital Storytelling, its new exhibition, shows how interactive technology has changed – and expanded – the way we tell stories

The Conversation

Why medieval manuscripts are full of doodles of snail fights

The doodles found in the margins of very old manuscripts are often just as interesting as the content of the manuscripts themselves. One such example is the frequently recurring – and extremely odd – image of knights warring against snails.

The Guardian - UK

China’s Hidden Century review – a revelation from first to last

This beautifully curated show of more than 300 exhibits traces the resilience, innovation and decadence of 19th-century China – and the lamentable role of the British

Daily Mirror

Nuclear heroes win £250,000 documentary project

Veterans of the British nuclear tests are being sought for a £250,000 project to create a documentary with the British Library, and to be taught to A-level students

The Guardian - UK

Animals review – a carnival of curious fish and fantastic beasts

From a medieval monk mixed with a fish to the call of an extinct Hawaiian bird, this entertaining show revels in nature’s marvels – real or otherwise

The Guardian - UK

Surviving copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio to go on show

Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published

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