Ian Dickinson is a professional photographer with some fascinating insights on Malcolm Davies, photographer at Joe Cocks Studio in the 1980s, and the techniques which lie behind our photographic collections.
Ian Dickinson Picture This!This month we're looking at a watercolour sketch of Adlestrop Park by Humphry Repton.
Helen Hargest Picture of the MonthThis cast bronze jug was made between 1375 and 1400, so more than 150 years before Shakespeare was born.
Victoria Jackson Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThis cubborde was built to store the muniments, titles, evidences, deeds, and other legal documents of the Corporation.
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThis cloak was used in productions starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. It was and is a masterful example of craftsmanship in theatrical costume design.
Paula Wilkinson Macbeth Shakespeare by DesignThis post is for all you beekeepers out there! In the sixteenth century, bees were kept in domed skep hives, like the one featured in today’s blog.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsSix Roman coins were found in the town of Tiddington, which was once the site of a Roman industrial town. Emily Millward relates this discovery back to Shakespeare's Roman plays and one remarkable Egyptian queen: Cleopatra.
Emily Millward Shakespeare on Show Shakespeare and his World--MOOCRead about this iconic writing tool, often closely associated with Shakespeare himself
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsBefore any good costume comes a costume design. These costumes from a 1960 production of "The Winter's Tale" prove it.
Robyn Greenwood Shakespeare by DesignOn the face of it, this oil bevelled panel seems to be a scene from a kitchen but, as Peter Hewitt asks, can we read more into it?
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 Objects