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View of the week: Spring Festival
Is it really springtime in London? The British Library says so, and has a fashion & creativity-themed Spring Festival, running from 1 – 5 March 2012, to prove it. Today, the library forecourt hosted a pop-up craft market, made up of a dozen competition winners including Cole of London, Ketchup on Everything, Phoebe Richardson, Ruby Red and Squid […]
View of the week: British Library
February 6, 2012
After a reasonably mild winter, London has at last had its first (and possibly only) snowfall of the season. Here is the British Library‘s forecourt, with Eduardo Paolozzi‘s (1924 – 2005) Newton sculpture covered in a few centimeters of snow. The 1995 bronze sculpture is a representation of the scientist Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727), after a famous illustration of the same by William Blake (1757 […]
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour turns a new page
November 19, 2011
I am very pleased to (belatedly) report that, despite the sad and untimely death of Josephine Hart in June this year, her wonderful Josephine Hart Poetry Hour lives on, with the help of her many prominent friends and supporters. The sold-out event, the first since her passing, was held at the British Library Conference Centre on 7th November 2011. […]
Andrea Wulf @ British Library
September 20, 2011
Andrea Wulf, design historian, journalist and author of The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession, spoke about her new book, The Founding Gardeners: How the Revolutionary Generation Created an American Eden at the British Library Conference Centre on 19th September 2011. The talk was organised by Benjamin Franklin House and the Eccles Centre for […]
Aldiss, Moorcock, Spinrad & Clute @ British Library
June 21, 2011
On Tuesday 21st June, the British Library hosted the latest in its series of events linked to its current free exhibition, Out of this world – Science Fiction but not as you know it. Roz Kaveney chaired a discussion between authors Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, Norman Spinrad and John Clute, that dealt largely with the 1960s and the New Wave of science fiction. Roz Kaveney […]
Out of this world: science-fiction @ British Library
June 18, 2011
The British Library’s new exhibition, Out of this world – Science Fiction but not as you know it, is a mecca for sci-fi devotees and book lovers alike. Alien worlds, virtual worlds, parallel worlds, future worlds, the perfect world and the end of the world – these themes are all examined here. Be sure to check out […]
Stephen Baxter, David Lodge & Adam Roberts @ British Library
June 8, 2011
Science fiction authors (left to right) David Lodge, Adam Roberts and Stephen Baxter gathered at the British Library to discuss H. G. Wells and his legacy on the 8th of June 2011. This event is part of the British Library’s current exhibition, Out of this world: Science Fiction but not as you know it. David Lodge is Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature at the University […]
David Deutsch @ British Library
June 2, 2011
David Deutsch, theoretical physicist, pioneer in the field of quantum computation, and author of The Fabric of Reality, spoke about his new book, The Beginning of Infinity at the British Library Conference Centre on 31st May 2011. The event was filmed, so watch this space for a webcast/podcast. For a similar talk by David Deutsch, see […]
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour
April 16, 2011
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour has become something of an institution in London. Running for many years in various locations and guises, it settled into its current home at the British Library in 2004, where readings are now held roughly once a month. Josephine Hart (above), an author with a background in the publishing world, hosts each event and provides thoughtful […]
Steven Pinker @ British Library
March 20, 2011
Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author of books including The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, spoke on “How the Minds of English Speakers Changed the English Language” at the British Library, 10th January 2011. The podcast is unavailable but for a similar lecture, see the video below. Photos by Sven Klinge […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
March 2, 2012
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