Blogs

Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: The Violet

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Mareike Doleschal explores the meaning of violets in Shakespeare's plays and the flower's enormous popularity during the Victorian age.

The making of A Shakespeare Motley (Part 2)

In 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.

Conserving Shakespeare’s legacy

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The 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.

English Tourism: John Byng's Excellent Account of a Visit to Stratford-upon-Avon

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As 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

To Russia, with love

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This tribute blog investigates the links between the Trust's collection, Shakespeare and Russia.

Stratford’s Apothecary in the Time of Shakespeare: Philip Rogers’ Medical Practice

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This 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.

Who was Philip Rogers, the Apothecary in Shakespeare’s Stratford?

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Chris Booth sheds light on a provincial apothecary operating in Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon.

Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: The Lily

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Discover the meaning and medicinal uses of one of Shakespeare's flowers, the lily.

The making of A Shakespeare Motley

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In the first instalment of our blog exploring A Shakespeare Motley, Emma Mulveagh and Adam Sherratt from our retail development team reveal the design inspirations for the project, from first thoughts to the finished book.

Shakespeare’s Lost Interiors: Inventories

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How did people in the early modern period furnish their homes? Alexandra Hewitt takes a look at inventories to get a sense of the type and variety of goods found in early modern homes.