Hacker News
- British Library cyber incident review [pdf] https://www.bl.uk/home/british-library-cyber-incident-review-8-march-2024.pdf 60 comments
- The British Library URL has been offline due to cyberattack for 10 days https://www.bl.uk/ 126 comments
- Frances Burney's account of her ‘terrible operation’ (2018) https://www.bl.uk/restoration-18th-century-literature/articles/frances-burneys-account-of-her-terrible-operation 5 comments
- The Codex Arundel: A Collection of Papers in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_263 15 comments
- A Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Egypt c. 1467 https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?CollID=28&MSID=7667&NStart=1900 6 comments
- Codex Arundel – A collection of papers written by Leonardo da Vinci http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_263 9 comments
- Satirical maps of the world https://www.bl.uk/maps/articles/satirical-maps 3 comments
- Interactive Maps of the Accents and Dialects of the UK http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html 6 comments
- Pioneering research shows 'Google Generation' is a myth http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080116.html 4 comments
- Mervyn Peake https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2020/july/visual-archive-of-mervyn-peake-acquired-for-the-nation 3 comments books
- Comic Map of the Seat of War with Entirely New Features [1854, London] https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/picturing%20places/x6168.jpg 12 comments europe
- Galileo's sunspot letters, 1612 https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/highlights/science/galileo-letters-of-sunspots-folio-10.jpg 17 comments space
- Philip Pullman's introduction to Paradise Lost https://www.bl.uk/restoration-18th-century-literature/articles/philip-pullmans-introduction-to-paradise-lost 3 comments books
- Letter from T S Eliot (Faber) to George Orwell rejecting Animal Farm, 13 July 1944 https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/letter-from-t-s-eliot-faber-to-george-orwell-rejecting-animal-farm-13-july-1944 14 comments books
- Why is this glass blower only wearing one shoe? http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_24189_f008r 6 comments history
- Letter from James Joyce describing his writing process https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/letter-from-james-joyce-describing-his-writing-process 4 comments books
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein and the Villa Diodati https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/mary-shelley-frankenstein-and-the-villa-diodati?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=disc_lit&utm_content=30aug_otd_shelley_born 3 comments books
- Mark Twain, author of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was born on this day in 1835 http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126852.html 35 comments books
- Unlocking India’s printed heritage: 200,000 pages of historic books to be made available online http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2015/november/unlocking-indias-printed-heritage 4 comments india
- In London? Viggo Mortensen reads T S Eliots The Waste Land live in the British library. http://www.bl.uk/events/viggo-mortensen-reads-t-s-eliots-the-waste-land 6 comments books
- The Codex Sinaiticus, fully digitised. (4th CE Bible in British Library) http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=b00f9a37-422c-4542-bfbd-b97bf3ce7d50&type=book 20 comments books
- British Library: Da Vinci interactive notebook. Are there any websites like this that provide scans - even in PDF - of famous books? (Like the Gutenberg Bible, Newton's Principia and so on?) http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=cb4c06b9-02f4-49af-80ce-540836464a46&type=book 3 comments books
- Visiting London? Be sure to visit the British Library's permanent collection, i was overwhelmed by its beauty! http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/index.html 3 comments books
- Wilfred Owen's draft of 'Dulce et Decorum Est' http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/owen/large17448.html 20 comments books
- Check out this early edition of Beowulf. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f094r 5 comments books
- Geordie: A Regional Dialect of English http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/geordie/ 6 comments linguistics
- Map Your Voice http://www.bl.uk/evolvingenglish/maplisten.html 3 comments linguistics
- Sounds Familiar? - This site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken (British) English in the second half of the twentieth century. http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/ 4 comments linguistics
- The original version of Alice in Wonderland, handwritten and hand-drawn by Lewis Carroll, has been posted online. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/alice/accessible/introduction.html 21 comments books
- British Library launches cool online history timeline http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/index.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Interactive map of UK accents http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html 9 comments linguistics
- Some gay assed map. Whatever. http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/mappinghist/hondius,%20jodocus.jpg 28 comments history
- Leonardo's sketches, William Blake's Notebook, The Original Alice, Mozart's Musicbook, the first Atlas and many more! [PICS] http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html 6 comments books
- the world’s earliest complete survival of a dated printed book. It was made in AD 868. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/landmarks/diamondsutra.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Glasgow or Gloucester? Audio "map" of accents and dialects in the UK http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html 3 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- Magna Cartas united at British Library to celebrate 800th anniversary - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-31080595 360 comments
- Europe's Oldest Book on Show at The British Library https://mymodernmet.com/st-cuthbert-gospel-oldest-book 75 comments
- British Library's wi-fi service blocks 'violent' Hamlet - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23680689 35 comments
- Magna Carta story illuminated by discovery of medieval poem | Heritage | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/27/magna-carta-runnymede-melrose-chronicle 23 comments
- The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-57683638 6 comments
- Largest known cave art images in US by Indigenous Americans discovered in Alabama | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/3d-scans-uncover-native-american-cave-art 6 comments
- Google partners with British Library to digitize 250,000 books | Digital Trends http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-partners-with-british-library-to-digitize-250000-books/ 5 comments
- Evolving English: On top of the word | The Independent | The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/evolving-english-on-top-of-the-word-2181076.html 3 comments
- Quiet, please… In praise of the British Library | British Library | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/22/quiet-please-in-praise-of-the-british-library-celebration-users-love-it-olivia-laing 3 comments
- Black holes and stars that feed them dance in NASA video | Space https://www.space.com/black-holes-eating-stars-video 2 comments
- British Library: Solar technology installed on roof https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g08lzpn2yo 1 comment
- Computing literacy is power | thesephist.com https://thesephist.com/posts/literacy/ 0 comments
- Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace | WIRED https://backchannel.com/untangling-the-tale-of-ada-lovelace-4cbca62898b6#.wy1hlkmfm 0 comments
- GitHub - KatherineMichel/tech-and-funding-toolkit: Tech and Funding Toolkit https://github.com/KatherineMichel/tech-and-funding-toolkit 0 comments
- Building a bigger home for the British Library collection - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-60668721 0 comments
- Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace | by Stephen Wolfram | Backchannel | Medium https://medium.com/backchannel/untangling-the-tale-of-ada-lovelace-4cbca62898b6#.195eacrnw 0 comments
- Libraries to store all UK web content - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22028738 0 comments
- Historical letter 'first to suggest tipping' - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29348952 0 comments
- Hot Desk And Freelance Spaces In Central London | Londonist https://londonist.com/london/features/where-get-work-done-freelance-spaces-london 0 comments