Holding(s) in Company

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
25 September 2002

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     Bloomsbury Publishing

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     Standard Life Investments

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named 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

     Shareholder named in box 2

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     Stanlife Nominees Limited

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

      90,769

6)   (0.53%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 5p Shares

10)  Date of transaction

      23 September 2002

11)  Date company informed

      24 September 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

      1,018,884
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      5.95%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

      Colin Adams
      Tel: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

      C Adams

     Date of Notification .....25 September 2002.


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