St Bride Foundation, just off Fleet Street, houses the history of print and the skills that made the area the undisputed home of printing and publishing in London. Tour the printing workshop, historic rooms, and famous library at this Open House event on 20 September 2020. Free entrance (pre-registration required) through the St Brides website.
St Bride’s Library is reopening
September 2, 2020
St Bride’s Library has re-opened to personal visitors on by aapointment only on Wednesdays. Appointments can be booked by emailing library@sbf.org.uk and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Visitors must book a 3‑hour slot (either 12:00–3:00 or 3:30 – 6:30pm) and there is a limit of 10 items per person. Full […]
St Brides opening in March
February 23, 2020
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 4 March and Wednesday 18 March from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
St Brides Opening in February
January 28, 2020
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 5 February and Wednesday 19 February from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
St Brides opening in January
December 28, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 15 January and Wednesday 22 January from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
Talk on map printing by prisoners of war
November 24, 2019
Mark Evans and Ken Burnley are talking about The Brunswick Prison Camp Map Printers at St Bride’s Institute in London on 3 December 2019. They will describe how a clandestine press was made and run in a German prisoner of war camp (Oflag-79) in order to produce escape maps, towards the end of the second […]
St Bride’s Library opening in December
November 18, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 4 December and Wednesday 18 December from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
November opening at St Bride’s Library
October 26, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 6 November and Wednesday 20 November from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
Talk at St Bride’s on Emery Walker
October 13, 2019
Simon Loxley is giving a talk on Tuesday 29 October 2019 at St Bride’s Institute in London entitled In Search of Emery Walker, looking at Walker’s place in the Private Press Movement. Full details and how to book are on the St Bride’s Foundation website.
October opening at St Bride’s Library
September 20, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 2 October and Wednesday 16 October from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]
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