Friday 6 July 2012

British Library- What's on July 2012

British Library
July 2012
What's On
July sees us celebrating the Olympics with our International Olympic Committee endorsed Olympex 2012 exhibition, and our exciting Race for Knowledge online game. Our Writing Britain exhibition continues - enter the competition and watch the curator’s video-guide.
What's in this issue:
Writing Britain
Video-Guide
Olympex
2012
Future Shorts
Festival
July
Events
Around
Town
New Writing Britain
Video-Guide
Join our curators as they guide you through our summer exhibition Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands.
Book your tickets 
To celebrate we are offering you a chance to win a fantastic country retreat for two people for two nights atBovey Castle, including dinner and wine.

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Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games
25 July – 9 September 2012
A free exhibition offering a unique insight into the history, symbolism and iconography of the Olympic movement. Explore over 2,000 stamps and intriguing pieces of Olympic memorabilia.

Find out more

Become an athlete of the mind and play our new Race for Knowledge game for a chance to win an iPad.

Play now
Future Shorts Festival at the British Library
Mon 20 Aug 2012, 19.00 - 20.30British Library Conference Centre
Free

This summer we are partnering with Future Shorts, the biggest pop-up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world.
Book your place to see our free screening of its summer line-up of BAFTA and SXSW award-winning films. 
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July EventsAround Town
 
SwandownSunday 8 July Writer Iain Sinclair, artist Andrew Kötting and special guests tell the story of their epic English journey in a Swan Pedalo.More

On Location: Writers, Sounds and Places
Tuesday 10 July An intriguing event with Madeleine Bunting and leading writers RachelLichtenstein, Alice Oswald and Marina Warner More
Journeys through Urban BritainFriday 13 July Owen Hatherley talks about the wastelands of modern Britain as explored in his book A New Kind of Bleak
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British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
Until 12 August 2012
Victoria and Albert Museum
Celebrating the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games’ to the present day, the exhibition highlights significant moments in the history of British design.

It tells the story of British design in all its forms, featuring much-loved and iconic objects.

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