August at the Library

Your news for August [View Online]( / [Unsubscribe]( [News]( [What's On]( [Business]( [Research]( [Learning]( [Shop]( [Support Us]( Dear {NAME} Travel the world without leaving your seat. Let our collections and exhibitions transport you around the globe and beyond… Our news [Last chance to see ‘a remarkable exhibition' (Sir David Attenborough)]( [Last chance to see ‘a remarkable exhibition' (Sir David Attenborough)]( Did you know James Cook's charts were still used by sailors in the 1950s? In this film Sir David Attenborough remembers sailing the Great Barrier Reef using a chart that Cook prepared. Visit James Cook: The Voyages – our ★★★★ exhibition (The Guardian) – before it closes on 28 August. [Watch the video >]( [‘Sailed from Kingston, 6AM 27/5/48’]( [‘Sailed from Kingston, 6AM 27/5/48’]( The writer Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island was partly inspired by her parents’ experiences of migrating to Britain. Her father, Winston, brought this shirt with him on the Windrush to remind him of home. Why did people come? What did they leave behind? And how did they shape Britain? (Image courtesy of Andrea Levy) [Explore the Windrush story >]( Latest stories [Arboreal
adventures

]( Arboreal adventures Explore the 1800s fashion for portraits of remarkable trees, from both home and abroad. [Read more >]( [Science and spectacle in the 18th century

]( Science and spectacle in the 18th century Our Untold Lives blog reveals Sarah Sophia Banks’s scrapbook on hot air ballooning. What did the art of spectacle mean for scientific endeavours during this period? [Read more >]( [Colonialism, globalisation and the nature of ‘belonging’]( Colonialism, globalisation and the nature of ‘belonging’ A new project investigates the cultural, economic and political legacies of five centuries of Native North American travel to Britain. [Go beyond the spectacle >]( [A chorus
of crickets

]( A chorus of crickets Let our sound archive transport you to South Africa with this two-minute wildlife soundscape. [Listen now >]( [‘Their designs are pure genius’ (Independent) ]( [‘Their designs are pure genius’ (Independent)]( A sensation in airports, Trunki has revolutionised travelling with children. But how did Rob Law manage to make his invention a household name? We had the pleasure of hosting Rob at our flagship Inspiring Entrepreneurs, here’s what he had to say. [Find out more >]( [‘It gets my research out to a wider public’]( [‘It gets my research out to a wider public’]( We’re always interested to know how you’re using our collections. Here we shine a spotlight on PhD student Becky Lawton, whose research focuses on travel texts and papal letters preserved in medieval manuscripts. How can these help us understand the ways Anglo-Saxons used the written word to experience Rome from afar? [Watch her story >]( [ Capture your wanderlust in words]( [Capture your wanderlust in words]( Whether you’re a travel-writing beginner about to start your journey or a seasoned adventurer with stamps filling your passport, our travel writing study day is just the ticket. Learn how to prepare for a trip, think about who you’re writing for and how you might turn your passion into a career. [Grab your passport >]( Gift ideas from our Shop [Racing Green Portrait Backpack]( [Racing Green Portrait Backpack]( [£125]( [Buy now >]( [Palm Image Card Holder]( [Palm Image Card Holder]( [£2.50]( [Buy now >]( [Stow Away Travel Kit]( [Stow Away Travel Kit]( [£25]( [Buy now >]( [The Writer Abroad]( [The Writer Abroad]( [£12.99]( [Buy now >]( [Browse the range >]( A little extra See a contemporary encounter with Pacific communities in the UK. TÅ«huratanga – Voyage of Discovery: Photographs by Crystal Te Moananui-Squares, our free Second Floor Gallery display, is now open. [Read more >]( The Frost Report to Ripping Yarns via Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Highlights from Michael Palin’s archive go on display in our Treasures Gallery from 7 August. [Run away, run away! >]( [Ponant competition banner_August enewsletter]( Enjoyed this newsletter? Want to tell your friends? Share your e-newsletter via email or the social channels below, or you can always [tell us what you think ›](mailto:e-marketing@bl.uk?subject=Feedback%20from%20the%20British%20Library%20News) © 2018 British Library. 96 Euston Road, London. NW1 2DB. [View our privacy statement]( [View Online]( / [Unsubscribe](