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Did you know… that our Off the Shelf page offers a variety of articles and stories about the Library, our collection and our exhibitions? Check them out for free at: https://t.co/poo18zxUW1

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Looking for Xmas gifts from local/independent shops you can have delivered during lockdown? Browse our range of prints reproduced from the originals in our historic collection at https://t.co/cBPE8LWeEp & order any published books all for less than RRP at https://t.co/REhr86Oawu

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Our bumper digital autumn Quarterly is here! Indulge in some ‘Fun & Games’ with our upcoming exhibition; get familiar with the anatomy of a book in our A-Z glossary; and read tips for budding writers from winner .

Read here: https://t.co/snJbmuaYDp

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Can you identify our mystery blob?

This unusual shape was discovered in a Portico Library book from 1860. What's your guess?

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Making the best of lockdown with some home improvements? Why not liven up your rooms with some beautiful from https://t.co/qfyKMJuDE0.

These new designs feature colourful and characterful period bird illustrations by father and daughter John and Ann Latham.

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The 2019 Portico Library charity Christmas cards are here!

This time from Laurence Oliphant, Ruth Murray and artists. Available to buy now - individually or in discount packs - at the Library and via our online shop at https://t.co/qfyKMJuDE0.

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Congratulations to Joanna Whittle who has been awarded this year's Contemporary British Painting Prize! You can see Joanna’s work in our current exhibition Second Nature until the 6th January. https://t.co/yvtE3waPjm

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Saturday Selection: Tomorrow is the birthday of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the major English Romantic poets. His ‘The Masque of Anarchy’ was inspired by the Peterloo Massacre, which took place only yards away from The Portico on 16th August 1819.

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Have you seen our April - June quarterly yet? It's got news and from the Download it from our page: https://t.co/Ck98HcqIYx

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The Portico was established during the Regency period, when 'informal' dress replaced the intricate styles of the previous decades. Here, Horace Vernet contrasts couples in 1793 and 1778 - each equally shocked at the other's terrible choice of attire! https://t.co/7ukMTN0uyN

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