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Events at The British Library (96 Euston Road, London NW1)
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| Speakers, including political consultants Celinda Lake, Ed Goeas and Tom Edmonds, talk about the current presidential elections and the impact US electoral politics and campaigning styles have around the world. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 11 Jun Jun 11, 9.30am–5pm |
0843 208 1144 £10 |
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| Dr Joseph Brooker and Professor Steven Connor from Birkbeck College, University Of London lead talks about the author's work, along with readings of excerpts. View full details |
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| The British Library | 16 Jun Jun 16, 2.30pm–4pm | 0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 29 Jun Jun 29, 6.30pm–8.30pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| A session, led by artist Shelagh McCarthy, using the St Cuthbert Gospel as inspiration for drawings and paintings. View full details |
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| The British Library | Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre 6 Jun–8 Jun Jun 6–8, 11am–3pm |
Free |
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| The sci-fi authors discuss the works and influences. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre, British Library 9 Jun Jun 9, 3.30pm–5pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| The British Library | 11 Jun Jun 11, 6.30pm–8.30pm | 0843 208 1144 £10 (£7.50) |
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| Actors read poems inspired by the garden, including Yeats's Down By The Salley Gardens and Ode To A Nightingale and Eliot's A Dedication To My Wife. View full details |
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| The British Library | 18 Jun Jun 18, 6.30pm–7.45pm | 0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Talks and discussions about the life and work of the writer, poet and dramatist, followed by a concert based on texts of his work. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 15 Jun Jun 15, 1.30pm–5.30pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| The judging panel for the award, Alan Jenkins, Carola Luther and Tanya Kirk, talk about the literary form. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 22 Jun Jun 22, 6.30pm–8.30pm |
0843 208 1144 £6 (£4) |
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| Journalist and presenter Fi Glover chairs a discussion with Professors Chris Phillipson and Mary Gilhooly about the impact of people living longer lives. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 12 Jun Jun 12, 6.30pm–8pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Author Robert Macfarlane talks to fellow author Francis Spufford about the ancient tracks and seaways that cross Britain and how landscapes shape us. View full details |
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| The British Library | 26 Jun Jun 26, 6.30pm–8pm | 0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Presented by The British Library and The International Olympic Committee, this large-scale display features postage stamps, letters, postcards, maps and programmes, mostly drawn from private collections, offering insights from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, through to the present day and London 2012. View full details |
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| The British Library | The Front Hall 25 Jul–9 Sep From Jul 25, Mon, Wed–Fri 9.30am–6pm, Tue 9.30am–8pm, Sat 9.30am–5pm, Sun 11am–5pm, Aug 27, 11am–5pm, ends Sep 9 |
Free |
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| Writers, including Nicoletta Demetriole, Simon Ings and Joanna Hodgkin talk about the novelist, poet and travel writer's creative legacy and the influence he has had on their work. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 15 Jun Jun 15, 6.30pm–8pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Author Margaret Drabble chairs a discussion with writers Jay Griffiths, Hanif Kureishi and Iain Sinclair about how place and geographical imagination are best evoked in writing. View full details |
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| The British Library | 1 Jun Jun 1, 6.30pm–8pm | 0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| The British Library | Foyle Suite, Centre for Conservation 26 Jun Jun 26, 5pm–6pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| Dr Rhiannon Mathias discusses her work as a British Library Edison Fellow and how it helped her with her book about the composers. View full details |
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| The British Library | Foyle Suite, Centre For Conservation 12 Jun Jun 12, 5pm–6pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| Author Jane Manning talks about the research for her book about the Vienna-born composer Arnold Schoenberg. View full details |
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| The British Library | Foyle Suite, Centre For Conservation 19 Jun Jun 19, 5pm–6pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| Professor Douglas Kell, Professor Nick Tyler, Professor Geraint Rees, Dr Chris Hale and chair William Cullerne Bown discuss what research impact is and ways of measuring it. View full details |
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| The British Library | Staff Restaurant 19 Jun Jun 19, 6.20pm–8.30pm |
0843 208 1144 £5 |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 2 Jul Jul 2, 6.30pm–8pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Professor Danny Dorling from the University Of Sheffield talks to Professor Judith Burnett about the impact that equality and inequality have on our lives. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 25 Jun Jun 25, 6.30pm–8pm |
0843 208 1144 £7.50 (£5) |
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| Speakers, including authors Roberto DaMatta, Kenneth Maxwell and Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro and Ana Maria Machado from the Brazilian Academy Of Letters, talk about the work of the Brazilian writer. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 8 Jun Jun 8, 9.30am–5pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| Authors Roberto DaMatta, Kenneth Maxwell and Alberto Da Costa E Silva talk about Brazilian culture and society and the work of the Brazilian author. View full details |
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| The British Library | Conference Centre 8 Jun Jun 8, 6.30pm–7.45pm, booking essential |
Free |
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| Spanning the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer to the modern-day musings of J G Ballard, this exhibition featuring letters, photographs, song lyrics, manuscripts and more, looks at how the British landscape has permeated literary works. View full details |
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| The British Library | 11 May–25 Sep From May 11, Mon, Wed–Fri 10am–6pm, last admission 5pm, Tue 10am–8pm, last admission 7pm, Sat 10am–5pm, last admission 4pm, Sun 11am–5pm, last admission 4pm, ends Sep 25 | 0843 208 1144 £9; £5 disabled ( £5; £5; £7) |
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