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10/05/2012
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- The British Library explores literature inspired by spaces and places around the British Isles, from Penny Lane to Platform 9 ¾
As the world’s attention turns to the UK this summer, Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands explores treasures from the last 1000 years of English literature that have been shaped by the country’s unique spaces and places. From idyllic rural landscapes to gritty cities, the exhibition will showcase a literary map of the British Isles and highlight how writers, from William Shakespeare and Walter Scott to John Lennon and J K Rowling, have recorded the changing spaces of the British Isles in some of their greatest literary works, and in turn inspired their readers to explore the country in new ways. http://www.bl.uk/writingbritain