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  1. It's Memorial Day in the U.S so we've dusted off a blogpost relating to the #VietnamVeteransMemorial #photography bit.ly/39298c about 16 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. and since that blopost was written, Michael Katakis and Kris Hardin have published a book on their work with us: shop.bl.uk/mall/productpa… about 19 hours ago via web
  3. In honour of Memorial day we've dusted off a blogpost on Michael Katakis' photographs of the Vietnam vets memorial: bit.ly/39298c about 19 hours ago via web
  4. ROW still lost though but Soccer Aid raised over £4 million: unicef.org.uk/soccer-aid/ about 21 hours ago via web
  5. One of our favourite sights of the weekend was Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno scoring a wonderful goal for the ROW: youtube.com/watch?v=y0_7_C… about 21 hours ago via web
  6. Revenge comes to E4 tonight. Review - There's no soft soap from this new avenger independent.co.uk/arts-entertain… via @Independent about 21 hours ago via Tweet Button
  7. Michael Billington on the link between cricket and the theatre gu.com/p/37qce/tw via @guardian about 21 hours ago via Tweet Button
  8. The BL American Studies Daily is out! bit.ly/dp3d0q about 21 hours ago via Paper.li
  9. We're pleased to welcome our Canadian intern Brendan, who is joining us for 3 weeks. about 22 hours ago via web
  10. Juan Pablo Villalobos on Bodies not corpses englishpen.org/bodies-not-cor… via @englishpen about 22 hours ago via Tweet Button
  11. For a sunny monday morning, take a listen to the American bullfrog: britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sound… about 23 hours ago via web
  12. Reforestation of Chilean Patagonia takes off: 60.000 trees donated in first week — MercoPress mercopress.com/t/36385 about 23 hours ago via Tweet Button
  13. Exchange + expertise: cultures of natural history in the Atlantic world 1660-1808, workshop at Uni of Plymouth July 10 plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet… 1:16 AM May 28th via web
  14. Drawing Warriors - Video Library - The New York Times: nyti.ms/JYM04D 12:58 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  15. John Waters Tries Some Desperate Living on a Cross-Country Hitchhiking Odyssey: nyti.ms/KGmSJm 12:57 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  16. BBC News - Rio peace race retraces favela drug lords' escape route bbc.in/LAs02x 12:55 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  17. BBC News - Unicycling goes extreme bbc.in/L6O9qx 12:54 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
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  • Location St Pancras, London
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  • Bio We're the Americas Studies team at the British Library; ask us about our US, Canadian, Caribbean and Latin American collections
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