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Words... spoken word, literary history, the written word and the joy reading through exhibition reviews, exhibition listings, museum, gallery, library, archive and heritage places to visit...
A home for history: Sneak preview of Brighton and Hove's new £19 million Keep archive
Two years after construction work began, archivists have been given the keys to an impressive new community resource in Sussex. Duncan Andrews takes a look.
Poetry in Sound: British Library centenary exhibition celebrates Benjamin Britten
As part of the worldwide Britten 100 celebrations, the British Library reveals Britten's greatest inspirations and most famous works through a rare array of media.
Propaganda: Power and Persuasion at the British Library
The major new exhibition at the British Library offers some compelling insights into how the power of text and images can be used to create social change, says Emily Beeson.
Museums at Night Report: Behind the scenes at the Faber and Faber Archive
Ruth Hazard joins five lucky Museums at Night competition winners who visited the fabled Faber Archive in Bloomsbury for literary tales, readings and rare manuscripts.
Enid Blyton: Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts at Seven Stories in Newcastle
Revisit the adventures of the Famous Five, the Secret Seven and lose yourself in the fantastical world of The Magic Faraway Tree at this family-friendly exhibition.
Read all About it! Wrongdoing in Spain and England in the Long Nineteenth Century
Taken from Anglo-Spanish historical resources, Cambridge University Library's new show features bandits, murderers, inmates and a gossip-hungry public.
Legends of King Arthur written in forgotten crypt at Oxford Castle, say researchers
Experts say the man behind the 12th century History of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth, wrote the famous book in the former chapel where he was a canon.
William Shakespeare's First Folio is Bodleian Library's digital gift on his birthday
Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623 - containing Macbeth, Julius Caesar and more - has been made freely available to leaf through online for the first time.
Nick Harkaway and Neil Gaiman help literary trip These Pages Fall Like Ash in Bristol
Using a hand-crafted wooden book and their mobile phone, visitors to Bristol's Watershed will be able to follow stories through the city streets in a new literary adventure.
Birthplace Trust, galleries and museums to "bypass barriers" in Shakespeare Week 2014
Dozens of cultural institutions across the country will help the inaugural Shakespeare Week inspire millions of people when it launches in March 2014.
Murder in the Library: An A-Z of Crime Fiction goes from Christie to Pelé at British Library
Coinciding with the printed re-emergence of the revolver-holding, cigarette-smoking early female detective Mrs Paschal, the library looks at a litany of crimes and capers.
The Culture24/7: Festivals and revolutions in Science and Nature for March 2013
Find out about aliens, cholera and sword-swallowing in London, or try Cambridge Science Festival, Space-craft in Glasgow and two exhibitions celebrating female pioneers.
ET, HG Wells, sci-fi classics and beyond: Royal Observatory Greenwich's Alien Revolution
From Copernicus to the Mars Curiosity rover, the Royal Observatory is about to launch a season pondering the hot topic of our intergalactic solitude.
British Library invites public to shape "addictive" Google Earth maps project
Casting their eye over an online display of more than 800 ancient layouts from across the centuries, online volunteers are being given the chance to help update the British Library's collection of......
Patti Smith makes literary pilgrimage to play benefit gig for Brontë Parsonage Museum
After an inspirational visit to Brontë country in 2012, Patti Smith is heading back to Yorkshire and the Brontë Parsonage Museum for a fundraising gig.
