A blog in recognition of the 160th birthday of the Trust's first female gardener, Ellen Ann Willmott, a splendid horticulturalist who shaped the gardens at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Annamaria Vass Gardens juliet filesThis blog introduces a Shakespeare Connected exhibition about literary pilgrimage, Shakespeare and Stratford.
Nicola J Watson Shakespeare ConnectedKate 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.
Emma Birks VolunteeringExamining Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard II.
Waseem Ahmed Richard IIThe life and death of Amy Smith, companion and faithful servant to Joyce, Countess of Totnes.
Phil Spinks juliet filesA 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
Jane Shaw New Place GardensThe heatwave continues. It sucks juices out of the earth, reaches temperatures that break meteorological records held since the year of 1910. Hot. Gritty. Dry. The mortar of the earth — Split-ting. Not unlike people the roots of some plants are withered a
Jane Shaw New Place GardensNorma Hampson introduces us to two American women, Helene Leigh and Marie Campbell, who married into English nobility and transformed Stoneleigh Abbey.
Norma Hampson juliet filesExploring whether the real Richard III was as villainous as Shakespeare made him out to be?
Waseem Ahmed Richard IIIWe are delighted to announce that two of our volunteers at the trust have been chosen as finalists for the West Midlands Museum Development Awards.
Emma Birks Volunteering