Ripe for the picking
SBT news
Staff and volunteers hand-picked the apples at Anne Hathaway's Cottage to be pressed and turned into our exclusive (and delicious) new apple juice!
Sarah Wilmott Anne Hathaway's Cottage Products and GiftsCopyright of the artist
Blogs
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Shakespeare in Turkey: Festival and Conference 2018
Collections
Dr. İlker Özçelik from Süleyman Demirel University shares his impressions of the first Shakespeare Festival held in Turkey.
İlker Özçelık Translating ShakespeareThese are but wild and whirling words
SBT news
For National Handwriting Day we present our Colourblock Quotation stationery range
Sarah Wilmott Products and GiftsWinter School 2019
Learning
Last week the Education Department of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust hosted its annual Winter School, which attracts leisure learners from across the country, and from overseas.
Nick WaltonIs All of this True?
Shakespeare & his works
We take a look at ten claims made in Sir Kenneth's Branagh's new film, some of which have more truth to them than others.
Paul EdmondsonLooking Back at Shakespeare’s Birthplace: Commercial Photographs Re-purposed
Collections
Shakespeare’s Birthplace is one of the most photographed buildings in the world. We take a look back at some of the commercial images that are currently on display in the house where they were taken.
Jim RanahanPaul Nash and King Lear in the SBT Collections
Collections
Alexander Thom's concluding thoughts in a series of posts about his research into the afterlives of King Lear
Alexander Thom King LearMagical Christmas workshops with Stratford Schools
Learning
This year the staff at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and New Place had a little extra help with decorating the houses.
Sarah Fisher Christmas Workshops schoolsA Shakespearian Christmas
Collections
Sofia Wood explores the ways that Christmas celebrations differed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras compared to today.
Sofia WoodThe Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: December
Shakespeare's family homes
Transport yourself to Shakespeare's New Place as our filthy, floriferous, garden tale now enters its twelfth, and final act.
Jane Shaw New Place Gardens