(That’s why Jay-Z made a private pilgrimage to Salisbury Cathedral to mark the U.K. launch of his 2013 album, Magna Carta...Holy Grail. The British Library turned him down.) Viewed next to one ...

A statement from the British Library said its security team ‘intervened to prevent further damage to the case, which was minimal’ and ‘the Magna Carta itself remains undamaged’.

The medieval manuscript, which is almost 100 years older than King John’s Magna Carta and has been described as ‘Britain’s Hidden Treasure’ by the British Library, has never before been seen in its ...

The British Library has had the book thrown at it after ... sued the London institution – home to historic relics including the Magna Carta – for failing to make reasonable adjustments for ...

There are four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta document. Two are held by the British library, one is at Salisbury Cathedral and one at Lincoln Cathedral. In the years following his ...

The British Library is officially getting a ‘groundbreaking’ makeover. A staggering £1.1 billion is going towards making the building by St Pancras station bigger, better and more innovative ...