SACRED: DISCOVER WHAT WE SHARE Judaism, Christianity and Islam
SPANISH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE The 19th-century campaigns
These feature articles explore ideas and historical events using the British Library’s collections as source material. Some are based on previous exhibitions held at our galleries.
FRONT PAGE The British newspaper 1906 - 2006
LONDON: A LIFE IN MAPS Mapping the capital's history
BLACK EUROPEANS Pushkin, Dumas, Bridgetower, Coleridge-Taylor, Archer
THE AMARAVATI ALBUM Maps, plans and drawings of Indian sculpture
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN The great writer,1805 - 1875
AMERICAN LITERATURE IN EUROPE Hawthorne, James, Wharton, Stein, Miller, Nabokov
THE LION AND DRAGON Britain's first embassy to China
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION The story of American independence
THE QUEEN MOTHER A tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1900 - 2002
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS Rareties from the British Library collection
THE WRITER IN THE GARDEN Enter a world of real and imaginary gardens
NORTHWEST PASSAGE Voyages of delusion
THE MYTHICAL QUEST In search of adventure, romance & enlightenment
LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) From inspiration to innovation
ILLUMINATING THE RENAISSANCE The triumph of Flemish manuscript painting in Europe
THE SILK ROAD Trade, travel, war and faith
JOHN KEATS Major figure of the Romantic movement
PAINTED LABYRINTH The world of the Lindisfarne Gospels
CHINESE PRINTMAKING Woodblock printing in China 1980-2000
TRADING PLACES the East India Company and Asia 1600 - 1834
MAGIC PENCIL Children's Book Illustration Today
WORD JOURNEYS A history of dictionaries from spelling lists to pickpocket slang
BOOKS FOR COOKS Over 600 years of recipes and remedies
BEAUTIFUL MINDS Capture the spirit of Nobel achievement
MORE FEATURES Based on past exhibitions at the Library
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