Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
22 February 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
AVS NO


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                British Coal Staff Superannuation
                                               Scheme

  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
      holding of the shareholder named         shares held by each of them
      in 2 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

      See 2 above


  5.  Number of       6.  Percentage of    7.  Number of shares/  8.  Percentage of
      shares/amount       issued class         amount of stock        issued class
      of stock                                 disposed
      acquired



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

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 1.25 PENCE                                     15 FEBRUARY 2005
     EACH

 12.  Total holding following this         13.  Total percentage holding of issued
      notification                              class following this notification
                                                                                   
      2,000,000                                  2.8%

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

      -                                         COLIN ADAMS 020 7494 2111

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

      COLIN ADAMS

Date of notification   22 February 2005


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