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The Sad Case of Mary Violet Cowan and the Theft of a Shakespeare Quarto

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Robert Howe tells the tragic story of Violet Cowan, thief of a rare edition of Pericles.

Shakespeare's Lost Interiors: Anne Hathaway at New Place

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In this blog Alex Hewitt examines the life of Shakespeare’s wife, Anne, as mistress of New Place through a comparative study of surviving local documents.

Shakespeare’s Favourite Flowers: The Pansy

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Librarian Mareike Doleschal discusses the role of the pansy in Shakespeare and Victorian flower books.

Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: A New Library Acquisition

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Librarian Mareike Doleschal introduces a new library acquisition: a flower book published in 1883, The Flowers of Shakespere [sic]

Bombs and Pandemics: How Libraries Survive and Thrive

Kate Thompson, a bestselling historical fiction author, is currently working on a novel based on the remarkable true story of Bethnal Green Underground’s shelter library in WW2. Her blog sums up how she feels about libraries and their workers.

Giving the Shakespeare women a history

Exploring the lives of Anne Shakespeare and her daughters

Shakespeare's Favourite Plants: The Hawthorn

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Librarian Mareike Doleschal investigates how Shakespeare and Victorian artists represented an iconic plant, the hawthorn, in their works.

Modern theatre vs Tudor theatre

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Amy Davies explores how theatre in Shakespeare’s day differs from how we recognise it today.

Shakespeare’s Favourite Flowers: The Thistle

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Librarian Mareike Doleschal explores the contrasting associations of nature's most prickly flower, the thistle.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Part 2

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Georghia Ellinas, Head of Learning at Shakespeare’s Globe, writes about her new retelling of the play and the importance of making Shakespeare accessible to young children.