Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Vanitas
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Peter Hewitt examines a beautiful sixteenth-century allegorical painting
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Bronze Cauldron
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Cauldrons were commonplace domestic items during Shakespeare’s lifetime, and were used by the women of the household for cooking meals for the family.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsPicture of the Month - October 2011
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October’s Picture of the Month celebrates Halloween with a suitably ghoulish image from Michael Boyd’s 2004 production of Hamlet, featuring a truly scary ghost.
Helen Hargest Halloween Picture of the MonthDorothea Abbott: Librarian in the Land Army
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A visit to the Imperial War Museum to study the Women's Land Army reveals the story of a woman named Dorothea Abbott - a "Librarian in the Land Army", as her book is entitled.
Mareike Doleschal Living Archives juliet filesShakespeare in 100 Objects: Bronze Mortar
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Peter Hewitt looks at an example of a pestle and mortar, as would have been used by Romeo's apothecary
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsSculpting the Secret, Black and Midnight Hags
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Double, double toil and trouble
Halloween Sculpting ShakespeareShakespeare in 100 Objects: Thimble
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The associations and symbolism of an apparently simple, silver thimble.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsTen Facts About Tudor Farming
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Mary Arden's FarmSculpting a Seventeenth Century Physician
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Learn about this wooden sculpture of a physician and his patient, inspired by Shakespeare's son-in-law, Dr. John Hall.
Sculpting ShakespeareShakespeare in 100 Objects: Stool for a Witch
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Witchcraft was an ominous presence in the daily lives of early modern people, who used various means to protect themselves from malicious attack, such as this stool.
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