Oscar Wilde’s British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction

Paul GlynnCulture reporter

British Library Board A modern British Library readers card showing Oscar Wilde's photo and name, and an expiry date 30/11/1900British Library Board

The date of Oscar Wilde’s death, 30 November 1900, has been used as the new card’s expiry date

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader’s card in his name,…

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