The Latest Breaking News from the British Library

1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) was withdrawn from sale following a dispute with ABBA over unauthorized samples

Unsold copies of original album were destroyed after a legal dispute with Abba

The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British Library

Digital Storytelling, its new exhibition, shows how interactive technology has changed – and expanded – the way we tell stories

The doodles found in the margins of very old manuscripts are often just as interesting as the content of the manuscripts themselves. One such example is the frequently recurring – and extremely odd – image of knights warring against snails.

This beautifully curated show of more than 300 exhibits traces the resilience, innovation and decadence of 19th-century China – and the lamentable role of the British

Veterans of the British nuclear tests are being sought for a £250,000 project to create a documentary with the British Library, and to be taught to A-level students

From a medieval monk mixed with a fish to the call of an extinct Hawaiian bird, this entertaining show revels in nature’s marvels – real or otherwise

Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published