Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Book Rescue, Book-Related Places of Pilgrimage … and My Personal Literary Canon, Part 1
24 Festive Tasks: Door 7 – Mawlid, Task 2: The Five Pillars of Islam almsgiving and the pilgrimage to Mekka. Tell us: Have you ever donated books or rescued them from (horror of horrors) being trashed? Alternatively: Is there a book-related place that is a place of pilgrimage to you? If I donate books, I […]
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Stratford-upon-Avon — Oxford — London: Shakespeare, Hogwarts and Shopping
Stratford A Scene at the RSC Book and Gift Shop The date: June 17, 2017. The time: Approximately 10:00AM. TA and friend enter; TA asks for a shopping basket and makes straight for the shelves and display cases. An indeterminate amount of time is then spent browsing. Whenever her friend points out something and asks […]
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Finding Shakespeare / The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Macbeth in Scots
Reblgged from: Finding Shakespeare / The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Macbeth in Scots … in honour of St. Andrews 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, David Hopes […]
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