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400 miles for Shakespeare - one volunteer's journey
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Kate Phinn is so passionate about engaging visitors with Shakespeare that she travels up to 400 miles each way to be involved with our volunteering activities! Read about her journey and why she loves volunteering.
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Museums and Schools Programme
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Museums and schools programme highlights from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare and the Stratford-upon-Avon Antiquarians
Education Research & Scholars Research Projects
Exploring connections between those who researched the life of Shakespeare and the local history of Stratford-upon-Avon between the 18th and 20th centuries
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Shakespeare's Ludicrous Musical Lovers: Part 2
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Ludicrous lovers tend to fall into two categories: writers of music, and performers of music. They also tend to always be men. What might that mean for women?
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Shakespeare and medicine: mental health in Tudor times
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Find out more about Tudor views of mental health, and how Shakespeare explores this theme in his plays.
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Shakespeare in 100 objects: Memento Mori Seal
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Read about Tudor mourning rings, which were sometimes bequeathed to family members or close friends in a will
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Illuminating Shakespeare: Artist Interview with Rob Vale
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Learn more about this years' light show done in partnership with Illuminos. Read about how they brought Shakespeare's childhood to life at his home
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Shakespeare’s “New Place” in his Old Home Town
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William Shakespeare owned a great deal of property in Stratford and London, find out more about his purchase of New Place.
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Mementoes of Shakespeare’s Home – Comfort in a Time of Crisis
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A blog exploring mementoes collected by William Bucher from his visits to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1944
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Sustainable Shakespeare - Following the Tracks to a Shakespearian Sett
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One cold and frosty morning in January 2022, a member of Shakespeare Birthplace Trust staff found a trail of badger prints across one of our sites.
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Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: A New Library Acquisition
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Librarian Mareike Doleschal introduces a new library acquisition: a flower book published in 1883, The Flowers of Shakespere [sic]
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Let’s Talk Shakespeare: Podcasting and the Dragons Den
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On 9th November, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will be launching an exciting new ten-part podcast series "Let’s Talk Shakespeare".
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"The Valiant Never Taste of Death but Once": Mandela and Shakespeare
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In memory of the passing of Nelson Mandela, we're reflecting on his inspiring life and origins from which he drew his own strength.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Osias Dyck painting
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What does this Dutch oil painting, attributed to Osias Dyck, and currently hanging in Hall's Croft, have to tell us about medicine in Shakespeare's day?
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Bed-staff
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Bed-staffs were slender turned pegs which were used to secure the bedlinen on large bedsteads to prevent it from spilling onto the floor.
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The Sustainable Shakespeare Community Fun Day 2022
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Find out what happened at the first Sustainable Shakespeare Community Fun Day, in the gardens of Halls Croft...
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: April and May
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Take a stroll around the beautiful gardens at Shakespeare's New Place and find out what Jane and the team have been up to this spring
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Knife & Fork Set
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A knife and fork set from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Shakespeare's Singing Advent Calendar - December 14th
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Join in with the Shakespearian festivities on the fourteenth day of advent
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Shakespeare's Singing Advent Calendar - December 12th
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Join in with the Shakespearian festivities on the twelfth day of advent