After an online question and answer session with members of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Learning Team, students at Marling School took part in a creative writing competition inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘lost penknife’. Read the winning entry here, al
collections Education creative writing penknife learningRosalyn Sklar looks at Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy on the 400th anniversary of its first publication.
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Kathryn Harkup, best-selling author of A is for Arsenic and Making the Monster, turns her discerning scientific eye to Shakespeare and the varied and creative ways his characters die. We are delighted to share with you an extract from Kathryn's book, Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts.
Death in Shakespeare Books Products and GiftsChristmas is coming, so what better time to share our favourite Shakespeare-inspired games to keep everyone entertained over the festive period. As King Harry said in Henry V (Act 3 Scene 1) the game's afoot...
Shop Products and GiftsCollections Care Assistant Amy Davies takes a close look at some of the portraits of unknown women in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's museum collection
Amy DaviesActing Head of Collections, Rosalyn Sklar, looks at two paintings by Thomas Stothard bequeathed via the Art Fund.
Rosalyn Sklar Much Ado About Nothing thomas stothard art MacbethIn the third instalment of our blog about A Shakespeare Motley we look at the images we loved, their visual appeal and their influence on our wider product development plans in retail.
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