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On the clearest nights, a sudden fog would envelop the streets, heralding the unearthly screech of their whistles…
Aug 3
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The Cat Council only convened in the darkest of times, for they were catkind, and it was their duty to act. But will…
Feb 27 2018
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Last year, the British Library launched a Harry Potter-themed exhibition of rare art and manuscripts not just from…
Mar 30 2016
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It creeps through the ... air? Rather than under your bed? Regardless, it’s a terrifying thing to be following you…
Sep 9 2015
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Under a full moon, the demons gather in a circle. They dance until a mysteroius power lifts them off the ground, and…
Sep 2 2015
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Come, tell us tales about the invasion of the seven-foot tall aliens with a single weak spot right in the center of…
Aug 26 2015
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I don’t know what to tell you. It is what it is.
Aug 20 2015
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It’s a folktale that’s been reworked and re-told for centuries. Disney’s making it into an animated film slated for…
Aug 13 2015
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Do you remember when the Moon was conquered in 1889 and, to cement their victory, a number of giant dishes were…
Aug 6 2015
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The British Library has used its flickr page to upload over a million obscure images that have passed into the…
Feb 22 2015
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From the British Library archives comes this delightful plate from naturalist J. Leyland's "Adventures in the far…
Feb 2 2015
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The Magna Carta marks its 800th anniversary, and the four surviving O.G. copies are currently being displayed together for the first time at London's British Library. "The birth certificate of democracy" contains the groundbreaking declaration that no one (including the king) is above the law.
Jan 13 2015
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As part of its vast collection of literary and historic treasures (the Magna Carta, Leonardo da Vinci's notebook),…
Aug 21 2014
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Two hundred rare objects will trace 250 years of Gothic literature, in the British Library's forthcoming exhibition, …
May 13 2014
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Curators at the British Library have compiled a list of the manuscripts in their collection which they believe are…
Feb 26 2014
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We're living smack dab in the middle of a golden age of data viz—or peak data viz, depending on your point of view. B…
Dec 17 2013
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Digging through the archives of old libraries is a blast. Depending on the library, you'll find everything from…
Aug 10 2012
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The British Library is producing a facsimile copy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's diary from his days as a ship's doctor…
Jun 20 2011
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250,000 of the British Library's out-of-copyright books from 1700 to 1870 will be digitized by Google, both sides…
May 11 2011
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The Brontë sisters are best known as the authors of literary gothic tales like Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, but…