The British Library hasn’t had the best of months, what with the recent passing of its architect Sir Colin St John (Sandy) Wilson, The Times also revealed that a 300 year old diary entrusted into the libraries care had suffered severe damage.
The diary of a prominent Jacobite rebel, Thomas Tyldesley, was given to the British Library for safekeeping in 1994. But since then, someone had spilt oil across the pages and cut off its original leather front cover. It emerged later the diary had taken additional damage from damp, mould and mildew.
Source: IWR Blog
See Also: How British Library allowed 300-year-old diary to be ruined (via Times of London)
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