Light Night Leeds is BACK 🤩 and the Civic Hall is more magical than ever! The story behind Portals: The Machine of Worlds might actually surprise you… look closer and you’ll recognise fantastical characters from historic books ✨ Why? Because the British Library is behind the installation, taking inspiration from their collections of millions of items stored right here in Leeds! Ocubo are the artists, creating this nine-minute spectacle with nods to science fiction tales like H.G Wells’ The War

Help us keep the stories in our collections safe 📚 Today we’re launching an appeal to raise £50,000 to fund our vital conservation work. Your support could help us care for 2,000 years of history, from scrolls saved from Herculaneum after the eruption of Vesuvius, to a 14th-century charter issued by Edward III. The first £15,000 raised will be matched, doubling any gift you make today. Donate now: https://bit.ly/BL-ConservationAppeal25 | British Library

This #NationalPoetryDay we’re celebrating #PoetryForaChange with Collections in Verse poet Malika Booker reading #Windrush70 inspired poetry in Leeds Central Library. Collections in Verse is a collaboration between Poet in the City, the British Library and Leeds Libraries to bring our Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land exhibition to life in Leeds through poetry. Find out more: http://bit.ly/2y9KWXF | British Library