A history of magic

Journey to where magic and myth began

A history of writing

Follow writing's evolution from hieroglyphs to emojis

Alice in Wonderland

Discover how Lewis Carroll’s story has been re-imagined over the last 150 years

Anglo-Saxons

Discover the history, culture and influence of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain

Animal tales

Explore what animals say about us when they take on literary or artistic form

Art and anarchy in British comics

Discover the subversive world of comics

British Accents and Dialects

Do you call a ‘bread roll’ a cob, batch, bread cake, barm cake or scuffler? How do you pronounce the words cup and plant...

British Library Treasures

Discover some of the British Library's most treasured objects

Coast

Explore. Listen. Learn.

Discovering Children's Books

Explore. Imagine. Create.

Discovering Literature: 20th century

Explore key works of 20th-century literature

Discovering Literature: Medieval

Explore literary treasures from the medieval period

Discovering Literature: Restoration & 18th century

Explore key works of Restoration and 18th-century literature

Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians

Explore literary treasures from the Romantic and Victorian periods

Discovering Literature: Shakespeare & Renaissance

Explore Shakespeare and Renaissance writers in context