British Museum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ was published 100 years ago #OnThisDay in 1922. Here is one of Richard Hamilton’s illustrations for the novel. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/VaXH6gl06X https://t.co/pqVcCgxpCW

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‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt

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Who’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J

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‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt

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Join #TheWorldOfStonehenge curators Neil Wilkin and Jennifer Wexler for a tour of our latest five-star exhibition exploring the secrets of Stonehenge, shining a light on its purpose, cultural power and the people that created it. Watch anytime here: http://ow.ly/ulWZ30sjzSp

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‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.’ British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1806. This line is from her best-known work, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’, a collection of poems dedicated to her husband Robert Browning. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/w7YId62pI4 https://t.co/BTSbvX7LTt

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Who’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J

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🐧 ‘One can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin’ So said art critic John Ruskin, who often visited the Museum to look at penguins to cure his ‘disgust and fury’. We hope this perfectly plumed picture brightens your mood on #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 🔎🔗 https://t.co/3o42I4CTWg https://t.co/MepVszqutX

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Who’s your favourite ‘Alice in Wonderland’ character? 🌹⏱🐰♟ Lewis Carroll – author of Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ – was born 190 years ago, #OnThisDay in 1832. 🔎🔗 https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/ygo9rucq2J

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‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ was illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, who was born #OnThisDay in 1820. He created 92 weird and whimsical drawings for the first ‘Alice’ book, and its sequel ‘Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There’ 🔎🔗https://t.co/rxQgBNf81J https://t.co/5aBWlpLkoz