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Richard III and the Perils of Foam!
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The 'Shakespeare by Design' project team aids in preserving important costumes for the RSC. There are many dangers that face costumes as time passes and the elements take their toll.
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Letters from Our Volunteers: Ann's Adventures in the Archives
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Read about Ann's experience volunteering in our archives and reading room, and discover why she has found it to be so rewarding.
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Letters from Our Volunteers: Ged's Story at New Place
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Learn about Ged's experience volunteering at Shakespeare's New Place, and find out more about "The Mad Hatter's Club" that is turning up at New Place.
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Dracula or the Un-dead... Bram and the Guv’nor at the SBT
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Discussing Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jefny Ashcroft's play Bram and the Guv'nor
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Avis Hodgson: from actress to nurse
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Avis Hodgson and Kathleen Talbot were nurses at Clopton House when it was a hospital during the First World War.
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400 Years of Yuletide
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We’re celebrating 400 years of Yuletide this festive season, with a different theme at each of Shakespeare’s family homes.
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Theatricum Botanicum
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Shakespeare on the Road reaches Theatricum Botanicum
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An Original Brew
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Introducing the new Alison Gardiner handcrafted mugs
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World Porridge Day
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Using porridge to tackle world hunger
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Happy National Poetry Day
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To celebrate National Poetry Day, take a look at a 1640 edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. Also read the poem written about the beginning of the plague
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Happy Chinese New Year!
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A blog about Chinese new year, translating Shakespeare into Chinese and the reception of Shakespeare in China.
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Tudor fun with Animals
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Getting up close and personal with Tudor animal workshops from Zoolab UK
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Transnational Learning Project Culture Shake (CUSHA) launched
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We're delighted to have launched our three-year learning project; Culture Shake.
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New Jewellery at New Place
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Our new pocket dial jewellery is now on sale at Shakespeare's New Place
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Competition: The Landscape of my Youth
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An art and poetry competition for 16-25 year olds from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, inspired by two great poets from very different lands.
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The Merchant of Venice in Venice
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Read about our special trip to Venice, raising funds for Shakespeare's New Place.
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Medicine, Melancholy and the Mystical
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Read about the writers who challenged the relationship between mental illness and the mystical in Shakespeare's England.
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New Place in the Media
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Explore a selection of media coverage of our transformation of Shakespeare’s New Place.
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Behind the scenes: Greenwood Tree
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Today we reveal a tree that you may already have heard about, one that the gardeners won’t have to worry about too much… The Greenwood Tree!
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Behind the scenes: Hornbeams
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Today, meet the hornbeams! Hornbeam is a deciduous tree species with smooth bark and hard, tough wood, native to south-east England.