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The Perak Times: a rare Japanese-occupation newspaper from Malaya

13 May 2016 Asian and African studies

The British Library holds what is probably the most important collection in the world of early printed works from Malaysia and Singapore, from the start of printing in the region in the early 19th century, right up until the independence...

Edward Lear: politicians, poems and runcible hats.

12 May 2016 Untold lives

Today is Edward Lear’s 204th Birthday. To celebrate, I’ve chosen to look at a letter from Lear to the MP and later prime minister, Sir William Ewart Gladstone and another to William Bevan, British Vice-Consul in San Remo. The letter...

St Pancras: From Roman Martyr to London Station

12 May 2016 Medieval manuscripts

May 12 is St Pancras’s Day, writes Peter Toth. As the name of London’s second busiest railway and underground station, the name ‘St Pancras’ is well known to many Londoners, as well as travellers from abroad, as the station is...

Curiosity Helps a Lot

11 May 2016 European studies

In another Q&A post with a writer featured in tonight’s European Literature Festival Writers’ Showcase event, we meet Bulgarian author Alek Popov whose novel Black Box is published by Peter Owen Alek Popov How did you become a writer? I...