The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Shakespeare experts have been busy hosting a series of digital talks and live Q&As with A-level pupils around the country in our popular new ‘Catch Up With Shakespeare’ sessions. In the first of a short series of blogs on the sessions, Anjna cogitates on some of the questions and themes that arose in the live session.
Anjna ChouhanAmy Davies takes a look back at how the contribution of one extraordinary woman transformed Anne Hathaway’s Cottage into the popular attraction it is today.
Amy Davies juliet filesHave you ever wondered what Shakespeare's favourite flower might be? Explore illustrations of roses and discover the flower's meaning in Shakespeare's works.
Mareike Doleschal prospero filesDutch schoolgirl Emma Weijers writes about her love for Shakespeare and choosing him as the subject of her diploma research essay.
Emma WeijersMareike Doleschal explores the meaning of violets in Shakespeare's plays and the flower's enormous popularity during the Victorian age.
Mareike Doleschal prospero filesIn the second instalment of our blog about A Shakespeare Motley, Emma Mulveagh and Adam Sherratt discuss some of the illustrations that excited and inspired them in the creation of the book.
Products and Gifts BooksThe Collections Care team are responsible for ensuring the conservation of hundreds of objects across the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s properties and collection stores. There are different forms of conservation and it takes a specialist eye and expertise to decide which is appropriate.
Emily White Collections ConservationAs we enter English National Tourism Week (22nd-31st May 2021) we take a look at evidence of early national tourism in our collection, focussing in this blog on one of our favourite items - the diary of John Byng. A blog by Philippa Vandome and Madeleine Cox
Madeleine Cox Collections John Byng EnglishTourismWeek21 TourismThis tribute blog investigates the links between the Trust's collection, Shakespeare and Russia.
Mareike Doleschal Translating ShakespeareThis is the second of two blog posts focusing on a little-studied figure from Stratford-upon-Avon during the time of Shakespeare: Philip Rogers, an apothecary in the town.
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