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World Poetry Day 2014

21 Mar 2014

Every year on 21 March UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during the UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.

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New acquisitions of the British Library

20 Mar 2014

The British Library has acquired two major manuscripts. One is the Catholicon Anglicum, a 15th-century English-Latin dictionary, and the other is a printed treatise on clerical marriage, owned and annotated by John Ponet, Bishop of Winchester.

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Events

Glory to the winners!

7 May 2024

The exhibition "Glory to the Winners!" is open for Victory Day (May 9) and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders.