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A new opportunity to see our amazing collection up close, and chat to experts over a traditional English cream tea
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading RoomA new opportunity to see our amazing collection up close, and chat to experts over a traditional English cream tea
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading RoomA sneak preview of our Heritage Open Days 2018 event on Women's Lives through History.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading Room Heritage Open DaysThe Shakespeare Club is the oldest Shakespeare organisation and they helped to raise the funds to purchase the Birthplace for the nation in 1847.
Sylvia Morris Tales from the Reading RoomFlowers and love seem to be interconnected throughout history, and Shakespeare makes ample use of this as he creates several floral references throughout his poems and plays.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading Room Gardens Heritage Open Days CountdownFor Day Six of the Heritage Open Day Countdown, we're taking a deeper look into the 'outlandish' plants that Parkinson names in his "Paradisi in Sole Paradisus".
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading Room Heritage Open Days CountdownBillie Thomas, one of our Casual Reading Room Services Assistants, is here to talk about the dangers of blue flowers, according to those superstitious Tudors, for Day Two of our Heritage Open Day Countdown!
Billie Thomas Tales from the Reading Room Gardens Heritage Open Days CountdownFrom paper sculpture moves to visits from international guests, this week of Shakespeare's 400th Death Day anniversary has been a busy one for our Collections team!
Victoria Joynes Tales from the Reading Room Bram Stoker CollectionIn celebration of National Gardening Week, we'd like to take the opportunity to give you a taste of what we have in store for Heritage Open Days this year.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading RoomMagicians Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo were famous rivals because no one knew who was of true Chinese descent. However, their signatures in the Shakespeare Birthplace Visitors' Books uncover the mystery of their proper identities...
Maosheng Hu Tales from the Reading Room Birthplace VisitorsMaosheng Hu has been looking through the early Birthplace visitor books to find details of Chinese visitors. This blog explores William Cartwright from 1885.
Maosheng Hu Tales from the Reading Room