The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is one of the world’s largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats; books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more. The Library’s collections include around 25 million books,[2] along with substantial additional collection of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.

As a legal deposit library, the BL receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including all foreign books distributed in the UK. It also purchases many items which are only published outside Britain and Ireland. The British Library adds some 3 million items every year.

Met up with Tsze Yenn and she decided for us to go to the British Library to check out the old books they have in display. It was a very impressive collection of Bibles and old documents. I think the oldest copy of the Bible in any form of English is there, along with many other really old documents. Among them are some of William Shakespears work , Alice in Wonderland and some Beatles lyrics. If your into books it can be quite cool to see. Its just a few minutes walk from King’s Cross Staion. After the Library, we drank some coffee at Starbucks and talked Its great to spend time with old friends.

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Tags: England, Friends, library, london, Travel

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