‘A 22-carat disaster’: what next for British Library staff and users after data theft?

There is progress on restoring access after the cyber-attack but there have been complaints of inadequate communications

It holds items dating from 1300BC to the present day, ranging from early manuscript copies of Homer’s Iliad to handwritten lyrics of Beatles songs including The Fool on the Hill and Yesterday.

Scholars, researchers, authors and students all use its facilities and archives, housed in a monolithic building in London’s Kings Cross and a second reading room in Boston Spa, Yorkshire.