Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
01 September 2005



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.



   1.  Name of company                           2.  Name of shareholder having a major
                                                     interest

       BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC                     Standard Life Investments



   3.  Please state whether notification         4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if
       indicates that it is in respect of            more than one holder, the number of shares
       holding of the shareholder named in 2         held by each of them
       above or in respect of a non-beneficial
       interest or in the case of an
       individual holder if it is a holding of
       that person's spouse or children under
       the age of 18

       In respect of Shareholder named above         Vidacos Nominees - 2,767,825 ordinary
                                                     shares


   5.  Number of shares  6.  Percentage of       7.  Number of shares/     8.  Percentage of
       /amount of stock      issued class (any       amount of stock           issued class
       acquired              treasury shares         disposed                  (any treasury
                             held by company                                   shares held by
                             should not be                                     company should
                             taken into                                        not be taken
                             account when                                      into account
                             calculating                                       when calculating
                             percentage)                                       percentage)

                                                         275,000                  0.38%



  9.  Class of security                          10.  Date of              11.  Date company
                                                      transaction               informed

      ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25 PENCE EACH                 30/08/05                  31/08/05
     



  12.  Total holding following this               13.  Total percentage holding of issued class
       notification                                    following this notification (any
                                                       treasury shares held by company should
                                                       not be taken into account when
                                                       calculating percentage)

                  2,767,825                                   3.835%


  14.  Any additional information               15.  Name of contact and telephone number for
                                                     queries


                                                     RICHARD CORDESCHI
                                                     020 7440 2468


  16.  Name and signature of authorised company official
       RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THIS NOTIFICATION



Date of notification ______01 September 2005 _________








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