Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Course of Empire. Destruction, 1836. “I think they’ve just given up,” said a friend, an academic specialising in esoteric ...

Novelist Charlotte Mendelson explores an institution that holds the history of humanity — and, on any given day, a curious cross-section of the capital itself ...

On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and ...

The British Library’s catalogue has finally returned online after a cyber attack in late last year took out one of the world’s biggest libraries. Based in London, the British Library is estimated to ...

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...

Earlier this month, Open Culture pointed to a big move from the British Library: the library is putting a million images into the public domain. An image by Eliza F. Manning from “The Coming of Father ...

The British Library, one of the globe's premier repositories of knowledge, revealed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack on Oct. 28. The aftermath has plunged the institution into a ...

British Library signs are seen over an entrance to the library in London, Sept. 24, 2010 (AP photo by Sang Tan). On Oct. 28, the British Library went dark. Visitors lost access to the library’s online ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit. By Susanne Fowler The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of ...

The British Library confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind a major outage that is still affecting services across several locations. Over 11 million visitors use the library's website annually, ...