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Ad When my parents went to the new Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery exhibition at the @britishlibrary Running from 30th October 2026 - 20th June 2027.
🔎Miss Marple costume on loan from Torquay Museum.
🔎Hercule Poirot costume on loan from Cosprop.
🔎Silk coat belonging to Agatha Christie on loan from the National Trust. #britishlibrary
03 Nov 2026
It’s here! Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery is now open ✨
Explore atmospheric galleries, see objects on display for the very first time and discover the inspirations behind unforgettable stories and much-loved characters, from Hercule Poirot to Miss Marple.
We can’t wait to welcome you into the remarkable world of the Queen of Crime.
Open until Sunday 20 June 2027
Supported by @gwruk
With thanks to @newbyteas
In collaboration with @officialagathachristie
#AgathaChristie
30 Oct 2026
Our exhibition all about the Queen of Crime opens tomorrow. We can’t wait 🔍
Supported by @gwruk
With thanks to @newbyteas
In collaboration with @officialagathachristie
#AgathaChristie
29 Oct 2026
Take a closer look at Emily Brontë’s personal copy of Poems, signed and dated in her hand.
Which is your favourite Brontë poem?
#EmilyBronte
12 Nov 2026
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#RemembranceSunday
📗 In Flanders fields by John McCrae. Illuminated by Ernest Clegg. 1921
Shelfmark: YA.2001.a.37287
08 Nov 2026
‘Never was better stuff penned’
Imagine coming across notebooks of handwritten poetry by your favourite writer 📖
Before Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë had been writing reams of poetry, each one meticulously transcribed in these two notebooks.
You can see a couple of leaves from Emily’s notebooks together with her personal copy of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846) in our new Wuthering Heights First Edition Facsimile, available in our Shop
06 Nov 2026
What's your favourite fairy tale? ✨
We were swept Far, Far Away as Lightspray Visual took us on a hand-drawn, illuminated journey for Light Night Leeds, inspired by illustrations from our collection. Swipe to discover some of the items that sparked the magic 🪄
1) Swallow in Fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by twelve large designs in colour after original drawings by Eleanor Vere Boyle newly translated by H L D Ward and Augusta Plesner. C.188.b.67
2) Little Red Riding Hood in A Child's Book of Stories illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 12804.y.61
3) A glass slipper in The Footwear Organiser and Shoe and Leather Trades Export Journal. August 1919.
4) The Giant from The Story of Jack and the Giants, illustrated with thirty-five drawings by R. Doyle. 12480.g.8
5) Princess in The Fairy Book ... By the author of “John Halifax, Gentleman” [Dinah Maria Craik] With 32 illustrations in colour by Warwick Goble. 12410.s.5
#LightNightLeeds @lightnightleeds @leedscouncil
04 Nov 2026
Pudsey visited Dodge in the CBeebies House to deliver a special challenge ✨
Join Dodge and some of your favourite CBeebies friends live on Appeal Day at the CBeebies Bedtime Story 'Read and Rave' BBC Children in Need Special, hosted by the British Library! 📚
Join the fun on Friday 13th November from 10am with the link below:
https://living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/cbeebies-read-and-rave-to-celebrate-children-in-need
02 Nov 2026
Halloween may be over, but we can never get enough of Dracula 🩸
Take a closer look at Bram Stoker’s Dracula, one of the first vampire novels published in English.
From its rather unexpected bright yellow cover to the hidden secrets inside, there's more to our first edition than meets the eye...
📗Dracula by Bram Stoker, First edition 1897. Shelfmark: Cup.410.f.718
01 Nov 2026
’Twas the morning of Halloween, and you still haven't sorted your costume...
Forget another witch or black cat. We've been digging through our collections for some rather more unusual inspiration.
Whether you're feeling a little devilish or fancy taking inspiration from the big screen (wicker giant, anyone?), we've got you covered.
Which one are you going as?
1) Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 12703.i.44
2, 3) Blemmyae from Collection of Voyages. Theil V. Kurtze wunderbare Beschreibung dess Goldreichen Konigreichs Guianae in America. By Levinus Hulsius. C.114.c.15, plate XV
4) Spring-heel'd Jack: the Terror of London. A romance of the nineteenth century, by the author of the “Confederate's Daughter” ... Illustrated, etc. 12620.h.26
5) The Beetle: a mystery, etc by Richard Marsh. 012625.k.14
6) Clown in The Circus Book. [Pictures for children.] 12807.s.62
7) The wicker giant in Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the antiquities of Ancient Britain, with a chronological history of this kingdom, etc. By Aylett Sammes. C.83.k.2
#Halloween🎃
31 Oct 2026
Rumour is the girlies are hanging out at the Agatha Christie exhibit at The British Library 🫦
Thriller girlies this is open NOW!! You need to visit The British Library before June 2027 (you can get 50% off with your National Art Pass) 🎟️ AD
#nationalartpass #agathachristie #thrillerbooks #thingstodoinlondon @artfund @britishlibrary @officialagathachristie
30 Oct 2026
Step into Far, Far Away, our illuminated fairy tale at Light Night Leeds inspired by stories in our collections by Hungarian art collective @lightspray_visual.
Catch it on Briggate tonight from 18.00 – 21.30.
Which magical places and mythical creatures can you spot? 👀
Supported by @lner
#LightNightLeeds #LNL26 @lightnightleeds @leedscouncil
29 Oct 2026
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