The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” archaeological finds of all time. Almost everything we know about the Assyrian ...

I recently visited Trinity College at Cambridge University. I was based in London, so I took the “fast train” from Euston Train Station at Russell Square.  The fast train simply means that the train ...

Agatha Christie was a legend... but there are plenty of other brilliant writers from the hey-day of British crime fiction ...

Blankenberge is Belgium’s archetypal kiss-me-quick seaside town. No-one would call it pretty, but it’s harmless, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Deal expands John Gore Studios' existing IP catalogue and paves the way for future remakes and adaptations of ...

Over 300 workers at the British Library in St Pancras, London are engaged in a two-week strike until November 9 in pursuit of a wage increase. The strikers are library assistants, conservation and ...

May I make a plea for the government to come to the aid of staff at the British Library? At present the library is being subjected to strike action that is hamstringing its daily operations and ...

Doug Specht does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

JEREMY CORBYN joined British Library workers striking for a pay rise that keeps pace with inflation on the picket line today. “Your action is in support of public services, it’s in support of 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 ...

Step into a world of gothic mystery and Halloween fun at the Thomas Crane Public Library’s After Hours: Gothic Gala, a 21-and-older event scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Main Library, 40 ...

The British Library has posthumously restored the library card of Irish writer Oscar Wilde, more than a century after it was revoked in the wake of his 1895 conviction for “gross indecency.” The ...