Unlike other heroines of the time, Jane demands equality and respect. In one original scene, Jane hastily withdraws her hand from contact with Rochester's, but in the revised passage, she instead crushes his hand and ‘thrust it back to him red with the passionate pressure’.

If I start riding my bicycle now, can I reach Mawogola before anyone,I really want to be in the MK-ARMY books of history as the woman who discovered Kabundi playground as The British Library claims that John speke discovered River Nile yet Africans lived on it before Jesus came

The mist is resting on the hill;
The smoke is hanging in the air;
The very clouds are standing still:
A breathless calm broods everywhere.

‘Self-Communion’ is one of the last poems Anne Brontë ever wrote, it was completed in April 1848 when she was 28 (a year before her death).

Becoming the Brontës brings together material from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library that has not been seen by the public for over 80 years: bit.ly/431Nfsh

The exhibition is co-curated by University of Leeds, the British Library and Brontë Parsonage Museum Museum.

'Different though the sexes are, they intermix...'

A gender-bending tale of love through the ages, Virginia Woolf's Orlando is an extended love letter to Vita Sackville-West, drawing inspiration from Vita’s life and personality and weaving them into a fantastical narrative.

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home...

Emily Brontë's only novel #WutheringHeights blends realism, romance and the Gothic, and divided opinion when published in 1847. Some thought it immoral and abhorrent, with others praising its originality and rugged power.

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Can't quite believe Our Stories is finally out! 🎉 It's been a true labour of love to curate these personal and inspiring stories which are only a tiny part of the bigger archive - Voices of Our NHS - which is deposited The British Library

Happy #SummerSolstice ! 🌞

It's the longest day of the year – how will you be celebrating the beginning of summer?

Are you a super-fan of #CrimeClassics ? Think you’ve got what it takes to survive a world full of red herrings, hidden identities and suspicious butlers?

Celebrate #NationalCrimeReadingMonth with Kate Jackson's How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel: bit.ly/3XoU8CD

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 is the winner of the PEN Pinter Prize 2023.

He will receive the award in a ceremony co-hosted by The British Library on 11 October. #PENPinterPrize
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🎶 Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with J. R. Carpenter, Jules Rawlinson & Ellen Wiles

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🎉 Celebrate our 50th anniversary with Nikki Bedi, Living Knowledge Network, David Nicholls, Gary Younge & Granta Books

'digs deep into human nature'

'will leave you with a changed perspective'

'This is an amazing book.'

'Every time I read the book, it feels like I'm reading it for the first time. I relate to different parts of the book during each reading.'

Stored folded for 200 years, finally able to stretch his wings – that’s got to feel good! 🦅

Watch Alexa, one of our conservators, prepare this life-size depiction of a jabiru bird for his time in the limelight in our #Animals exhibition.

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The British Library and thanks to the nice people at arte for the thoughtful interview and for editing out all of the shots where i am visibly floundering!!

The The British Library Open Doctoral Day was MARVELOUS! Got to see an early 18th century print from “A Discourse of Witchcraft” on the story of the Fairfax family from Fewstone and a 1650s copy of “El Parnasso” that was censored to comply with the 1747 Index of Prohibited Books

Ahead of our Becoming the Brontës exhibition opening in Leeds this Friday, throughout this week we're taking a look at our favourite literary siblings: yup, you guessed it – Anne, Branwell, Charlotte & Emily Brontë.

Do you have a favourite literary work by the Yorkshire family?…

‘For when I look at you even for a short time,
It is no longer possible for me to speak
But it is as if my tongue is broken
And immediately a subtle fire has run over my skin…’

— Fragment 31, Sappho of Lesbos.

A headstrong governess. Not part of the family, not quite an ordinary servant. Our autograph fair copy manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s #JaneEyre remarkably contains very few corrections. Of the few revisions made, the most significant was to emphasise Jane’s strength of will in…

What’s your opinion of Heathcliff in #WutheringHeights ?

Did you build imaginary worlds as a child?

Inspired by a gift of 12 soldiers before his ninth birthday, Branwell Brontë & his sisters created a group of kingdoms called Glass Town.

In the persona of Glass Town historian Cpt. John Bud, Branwell wrote The History of the Young Men