New Jewellery at New Place
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Our new pocket dial jewellery is now on sale at Shakespeare's New Place
Copyright of the artist
Blogs
All the latest Shakespeare news and behind the scenes action at SBT
The Wonder of Archives
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This post has been written by Robert Howe, a regular reader in the Reading Room who became a volunteer. He has been working on collections relating to early Trust history and has found many connections and surprising things.
Victoria Joynes VolunteeringTop marks for our heritage education team!
Learning
We're delighted to have been awarded our third Sandford Award for education.
Nicola HawleyOur First Visitors’ Book
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Further research has added an interesting twist to the tale of first entry in the first Visitor's Book for Shakespeare's Birthplace, written by TH Perkins.
Paul Taylor Birthplace VisitorsThe Shakespeare Club
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The Shakespeare Club is the oldest Shakespeare organisation and they helped to raise the funds to purchase the Birthplace for the nation in 1847.
Sylvia Morris Tales from the Reading RoomFollowing in the Family Footsteps
Shakespeare's family homes
Richard Weaver retraces his grandparents' footsteps to Shakespeare's Birthplace
Shakespeare's BirthplaceCompetition: The Landscape of my Youth
SBT news
An art and poetry competition for 16-25 year olds, inspired by two great poets from very different lands.
CompetitionIqbal and Shakespeare
SBT news
Celebrating two literary greats in an evening of poetry and music.
Sophie ClausenNew to the Collections: Shakespeare Ceramics
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Read about our newly acquired set of six ceramic tiles, showing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
Jessie Petheram In the VaultDid the Circus Come to Town?
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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, such as the Hengler's Circus Company.
Norma Hampson circus Birthplace Visitors In the Vault