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Boys in Red Army Uniform c. 1918 – 1920 taken from Histoire des Soviets by Henri de Weidel, Paris, 1922

Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

Open until 29 Aug 2017

Witness a world disrupted, shocked and changed forever

Book now Members go free
Canada Through the Lens: Curling at Banff (HS85-10-16920)
Exhibition FREE

Canada Through the Lens

26 May 2017 - 10 Sep 2017

Mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation

Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty, free exhibition at the British Library (Images © LSE Library and Peter Tatchell)
Exhibition FREE

Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty

2 Jun 2017 - 19 Sep 2017

A free exhibition

Coming soon
Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, Fri 20 Oct 2017 – Wed 28 Feb 2018
Exhibition

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

20 Oct 2017 - 28 Feb 2018

Journey to where magic and myth began

Events at the Library

Christopher Green as Fred Barnes - photo by Milan Svanderlik
Talk

Fred Barnes: The Black Sheep of the Family

Stories, songs and an insight into a forgotten star

Other events

Maureen Duffy
Poetry

Proud Poetry

With Jay Bernard, Maureen Duffy, Andrew McMillan, Richard Scott and Nick Drake

Abir Mukherjee (c) Nick Tucker
In Conversation

Masala Noir: Murder and Mayhem in India

With Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee

Riveting Russian Translation Workshop
Workshop

Riveting Russian Translation Workshop

An expert insight into translating Russian literature today

Limited places
Alisa Ganieva by Greg Baal
Panel Discussion

Riveting Reads: Russian Literature Today

Discover contemporary Russian fiction with Boris Akunin, Alisa Ganieva, Andrei Kurkov and Zinovy Zinik

All events this month
All events in August
All events in September

Tours of the Library

British Library group tour

Library individual tour

Discover more about our history, collections and architecture on this tour - includes the Viewing Gallery

Conservation Studios: Behind the Scenes Tours

Conservation studio tour

Take a behind-the-scenes tour and see our world-renowned conservators in action

Guided group tours

Group tours

Book a group tour for up to 15 people to discover more about our history, collections and architecture - includes the Viewing Gallery.