We are the national library of the UK. Our shelves hold over 170 million items - a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we collect everything ...

British Barbadian opera singer and author, Peter Brathwaite, and Peruvian writer and journalist, Joseph Zárate, were announced as the 2025 winners of the Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global ...

We're a bit different to your local library. We house the national collection, with many unique items. You can't take books home, but you can use our Reading Rooms in London and Yorkshire for personal ...