Home to more than 11 million books and manuscripts, the Bodleian in Oxford is one of the world’s most important libraries. Among the artefacts to be found in the UK’s second-largest collection - after ...

What's the connection between the World Cup and the Bodleian Library? The august Oxford University institution is involving itself in questions more usually discussed in the pub, after being given ...

One titillating, new library collection has the whole world watching. The University of Oxford's Bodleian Library exhibit, Story of Phi: Restricted Books, displays a collection of "obscene ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Claimed to be one of the oldest libraries in Europe and ranked as the top library in England by Tripadvisor 2023, the Bodleian Library in Oxford opened to scholars in 1602. Since opening it has ...

More than 10 million books, maps and artefacts belonging to Oxford University's world-famous Bodleian Library are stored in a warehouse near Swindon. The unassuming building in South Marston ...

An ancient landmark in Oxford has been named among the UK's 30 most beautiful buildings and no, it isn't Blenheim Palace. Two-thirds (67 per cent) of those quizzed agree that the UK has some of ...

And are both shown at the Jewish Museum’s “Crossing Borders,” an exhibition of medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. This extraordinary exhibition ...

But standing in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, I can observe the moment when Franz Kafka realised the shape his final novel, The Castle — published posthumously as Das Schloss in 1926 — would ...

JS Bach’s cantata for Ascension Day: ‘Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein’ will be on display until 2025 Oxford’s Bodleian Library has announced the acquisition of the original manuscript of JS Bach’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...