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Jane Austen 200
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To mark 200 years since the death of Jane Austen find out more about the documents which relate to her within the Stoneleigh collection
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Personal Hygiene - Tudor Style!
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Despite the common belief that Tudors were unhygienic, when in reality they were very attentive about their levels of cleanliness - just in ways that are different to our own times.
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Buzz Goodbody: the Classical Revolutionary
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This International Women’s Day, we remember Buzz Goodbody - the first woman director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, who campaigned for social justice for all marginalised groups. We hold collections that shed light on this and other aspects of her life.
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Tibor Reich Around the Globe
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Manufactured in Stratford-upon-Avon, this cloth weaves a global story, providing insight into Afghanistan and Pakistan at an important moment in recent history.
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Day Two: The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769
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On the second day of David Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee the inhabitants and guests of Stratford-upon-Avon woke to pouring rain
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: June
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A fiery globe flings heat over our nation, our towns, villages, and grasslands… wastelands. There are murmurings of hose pipe bans, while many, not all, dream of England’s young football squad winning the Fifa World Cup, Andy Murray returning to Wimbledon, and the end to Brexit negotiations…
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A visit from John Baldwin Buckstone and Company
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project, listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. Meet John Buckstone, and actor, and company.
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Chief Maungwudaus visits the Birthplace in 1848
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. In this case, Chief Maungwudaus of the Chippewa tribe.
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James Leander Cathcart visits the Birthplace
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. In this post, meet James Cathcart, Tragedian.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Elizabethan Penknife
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Read about the 17th century penknife held in the collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Posset Cup
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The terms ‘posset cup’ and ‘posset pot’ were used to refer to a range of vessels that were designed to hold posset, a restorative drink.
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Shakespeare’s Stratford and the 1553 Royal Charter
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In this Monarchy in the Archives post I'm looking at a very significant record in the history of Stratford-upon-Avon: a Royal Charter of 1553.
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The Anne Hathaway's Cottage Pokémon Hunt
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On 14 August we hosted our first Pokemon event in the gardens at Anne Hathaway's Cottage and were delighted to meet lots of eager Pokemon hunters of all ages.
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Marie Corelli: What She Did for Stratford-upon-Avon
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Jann Tracy talks about the many achievements of best-selling novelist and Stratford resident Marie Corelli.
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Heritage Open Days 2017: Travels through Europe!
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Find out more about our Heritage Open Days event; a pop-up exhibition exploring the theme of "Travels through Europe"
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Time Travel in the Reading Room: Back to the Future Day
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To celebrate Back to the Future Day, take a look at these pictures of Stratford-upon-Avon taken in 1985, 1955, and 1885!
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New Garden Café At Anne Hathaway’s Cottage Now Open in Shottery
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Garden Cafe at Anne Hathaway's Cottage now open.
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Shakespeare's 3rd Folio: The Curious Case of the Anonymous Anne Wheler
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Library intern Izzy Conway shines a light on Anne Wheler, previous owner of a third folio of Shakespeare's works.
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The American Diary of Jane Tonge Thompson, English Emigrant, 1839 - 1840
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Delve into the compelling diary of an English emigrant and discover a unique portrait of life in early nineteenth-century America.