What’s on
Featured exhibitions
Fairy Tales
A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.
Story Explorers in Leeds
Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.
All Events
List of Events
British Library Food Season Big Weekend
British Library Food Season launches with the Big Weekend.
Refugee Week: No Place Like Home
The Sanctuary Foundation’s No Place Like Home competition prize-giving ceremony returns to the Library.
Speech-to-text and BSL Tour: Fairy Tales
Join us as we take you on a speech-to-text and BSL interpreted tour of our latest exhibition Fairy Tales.
Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Against the Odds
Join us to celebrate National Women's Enterprise Week as we spotlight remarkable women who have built businesses against the odds.
Fairy Tales: Schools Festival of Storytelling
Celebrate the spellbinding power of stories at our Fairy Tales Festival of Storytelling for primary schools.
Treasures Tour
Introduction to the Treasures of the British Library.
An Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching
This online workshop will explain the basics behind patents, patent protection and registration.
Bourdain and the Myth of the Kitchen Hero
Jay Rayner, Sally Abé, Andrew Clarke and Zoe Williams on influence, masculinity and the pressures of chef culture.
HMRC – registering for self-employment or registering your business
Your obligation to HMRC whether registering as self-employed or registering your new business.