The British Library and Magna Carta

The British Library is the national library of the UK, holding over 150 million items. I'd passed in front of the library by car before, but it was the first time to enter the library. If you go through the main gate, you can see the wide concourse. There is a giant bronze sculpture "Newton after William Blake" by Eduardo Paolozzi.

We browsed books and manuscripts in the general public gallery (The John Ritblat Gallery) and shops. It displays many documents which made and recorded history etc. There were also two 1215 copies of Magna Carta. Magna Carta is the constitutional charter in English law from 1215 onwards, originally issued in Latin. You should check it as it may be on the Life in the UK test:)

By the way, the Government revised the test, set to be introduced in March. Bullshit! I expected it would be changed but didn't expect it will change before I take the test! I've already bought the text book and started to study it. I hope there will not be a major change, but they will focus less on the practicalities of daily living in Britain and more on the nation's culture and past. I feel like throwing eggs and flour to the government!!!