Special footage celebrating the launch of Talking about Detective Fiction by PD James, the latest Bodleian Library publication. PD James is donating all royalties from the hardback edition to the Bodleian and hopes it will encourage further philanthropy.
A short history of how the Bodleian library stores original copies of the Magna Carta and the original Wind in the Willows letters.
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About The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library - the Bodleian Library - which has been…
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