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Friday afternoons look rather lovely from here ☀️ However you're spending the weekend, we hope you find time for something that sparks your curiosity

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Born on this day in 1818, Emily Brontë gave us some of literature's most unforgettable lines 💜 Here are five of our favourites from Wuthering Heights...

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Exciting news - the British Newspaper Archive's new platform is here Explore millions of digitised pages of newspapers and other publications from our British and Irish collections, dating as far back as the 1700s We can't wait to get exploring 🗞 link.bl.uk/7ci

Happy #NationalDogPhotographyDay to every four-legged friend patiently waiting while someone says, "Just one more chapter" 💗

Some weekends are made for getting lost in a good book. What's everyone reading this weekend? We need some recs 🖌A Child’s Garden of Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1905 Source: 11650.h.36 frontispiece

Our kind of Friday evening 📚

This July marks 110 years since the Battle of the Somme Often remembered through military history, these newspapers reveal the human stories behind one of the deadliest battles of the First World War

Couldn’t help but notice a few words sticking out to us in our manuscript collection, think it might be a sign... #itscominghome

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"St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain. St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." Looks like this heatwave is sticking around a little longer - 40 days of sun here we come ☀️ 🎨Splendor Solis, 1582. Harley 3469, f.33v.

Currently wishing we were here with a good book 🥵 (ps we have aircon if anyone needs to cool off) 🎨 Kriegs Flugblätter des Simplicissimus by Carl Lendecke & Friedrich Otto, 1914; F60136-34

Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk

As the USA turn 250 today, we spoke to Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and Ade Solanke about the American Declaration of Independence and its significance for the USA and wider world   Watch the video below and check out our free temporary display in the Treasures Gallery   link.bl.uk/fsk

Have you ever wondered what secrets lie in your favourite poet’s notebook? In her latest blog, manuscripts cataloguer, Lara Mayr, discusses the importance of notebooks held in the archive of poet & translator Michael Hamburger & the invaluable insight they offer Read all about it📚 link.bl.uk/blmh

Come and spend the next academic year embedded in our curatorial teams Two exciting fellowships are open to postdoctoral, early-career researchers which can be undertaken over 12-months full-time or part-time equivalent, as part of the Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship Scheme Find out more👇

Please note the Treasures Gallery will be closed tomorrow morning (Wednesday 1 July), reopening at 13.00. We're sorry for any inconvenience.

A banned writer. A rebel printer. A fake place of publication. Discover how Pietro Aretino's works continued to circulate despite censorship, and what one remarkable book reveals about queer literary history. Read more here: link.bl.uk/oge

Please be aware of closures at our St Pancras site this week. Our Treasures Gallery will be closed on Friday 26 June and the entire building will be closed on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June for essential maintenance work. See the latest updates on our website here: link.bl.uk/5ym

Are you a writer working on a book about the Americas? Apply for the 2027 Eccles Institute & @hayfestival.bsky.social Global Writer’s Award for the chance to win £20,000, alongside a residency at the Library to research and develop your project. Find out more bl.uk/writers-award

This Refugee Week, explore the history of migration from prehistory to the present day. Our collections and research shed light on the movement of people across time, helping us better understand the journeys, experiences and courage that shape our world. Read more: link.bl.uk/z77 #RefugeeWeek

Researching migration: from prehistory to the presentAs Refugee Week begins we provide an insight into interdisciplinary research on Migration Studies in our collections.link.bl.uk

Discover how archivists and librarians in Lesotho are developing new digitisation skills through a partnership led by the National University of Lesotho, funding from the British Embassy in Lesotho and supported by the British Library. link.bl.uk/nlj #InternationalArchivesDay