Macbeth in Scots – St. Andrew’s Day 2013
We’re getting into the Scottish mood this week for St. Andrew’s Day on Saturday 30 November. Inspired by a translation of Macbeth into modern Scots by R.L.C. Lorimer (1992) in our library collection,...
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‘The valiant never taste of death but once’: Mandela and Shakespeare
Today we’ve heard the sad news of Nelson Mandela’s passing. Mandela’s lasting legacy will be bridging the great divides in South Africa, which has inspired people around the world. He in turn drew...
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Adventures in the Attic: coordinating a collections storage move
This post is from Emily Millward, Museum Collections Assistant During the quieter autumn/winter season, the museum collections team have been busy packing and taking an inventory of objects stored in...
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Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 91, a book of beasts
This blog about Edward Topsell’s The History of Foure-Footed Beasts is from Victoria Jackson, Doctoral Candidate in the History Department, University of Birmingham. When the ghost of Banquo appears in...
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A Shakespearian Christmas with Traditional Minced Meat Pies!
This blog was baked and frosted by Nic Fulcher, Interpretation Projects Manager and inspired by Hilary Spurling’s edition of Lady Elinor Fettiplace’s Receipt Book in the collection of the Shakespeare...
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The Twelve Days of Collections
Starting on Christmas Day and culminating on the Twelfth Day (6 January), the twelve days of Christmas were celebrated to the full in Tudor England. In the spirit of a Shakespearian Christmas, here’s a...
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Adventures in the Attic pt 2: collections storage move
Our project of packing and moving a large chunk of our collection into new storage has continued into December and we have now reached the milestone of 295 boxes and larger sized objects packed! We...
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Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects : Number 93, a charnel house
Continuing the theme of the previous post, Peter Hewitt, a doctoral researcher in History at the University of Birmingham, describes a lost building of Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon that was itself...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
A valentine from Collections: Poems: written by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent. London, 1640. This edition includes all but 8 of Shakespeare’s sonnets along with other poetry that was attributed to him at...
View ArticleA New Permanent Exhibition for the Shakespeare Centre
Our team are busily installing a new visitors centre exhibition ‘Famous Beyond Words’ opening 12 March 2014. The post A New Permanent Exhibition for the Shakespeare Centre appeared first on Finding...
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