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Feature of the month: Cocker's Decimal Arithmetic

This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the final book in the series, the third of three books featured from 1685.
1 Dec 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Feature of the Month: Blome's Art of Heraldry

This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. Blome's The Art of Heraldry is the second of three books featured from 1685.
1 Nov 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Feature of the month: The state of art in 1685

This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the first of three books to feature from 1685.
3 Oct 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Collaborations - Shakespeare Metamorphosis

Sound Artist in Residence, Hannah Thompson, discusses some of the audio work she was involved in during the Shakespeare: Metamorphosis exhibition season.
17 Sep 2016
Hannah Thompson

Shakespeare's Handwriting

A look at the surving examples of Shakespare's handwriting and E.M. Thompson's palaeographical study of his signatures and the manuscript of the play Sir Thomas More
1 Sep 2016
Tansy Barton

Feature of the month: Gervase Markham on good husbandry

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the third of three books featured from 1664.
31 Aug 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Much ado about someone

Annalisa Ricciardi discusses her experience as the ‘Shakespeare Project’ cataloguer at Senate House Library.
26 Jul 2016
Dr Annalisa Ricciardi

Shakespeare's First Folio

In this guest blog post, Professor Emma Smith takes a close look at Shakespeare’s First Folio, and examines why it has become such a prestigious and world-renowned artefact.
20 Jul 2016
Emma Smith

Shakespeare and Walking

Shakespeare used the idea of walking in many of his plays. In this post, Jordan Landes takes a stroll through the Bard’s use of the word, and the many different meanings of “walking” for Shakespearean characters.
7 Jul 2016
Dr Jordan Landes

Translating Henry VI

In this guest blog post, Line Cottegnies discusses the highlights and challenges of translating Shakespeare's work into French.
29 Jun 2016
Line Cottegnies

Forget the "A" Team, meet the "Bee" Team

To Bee Theatre Company are group of students from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama who are working with Senate House Library for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In this guest blog they tell us more about their story and the workshops they will be running as part of the Shakespeare: Metamorphosis season.
8 Jun 2016
To Bee Theatre Company

Feature of the month: John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the final book featured for 1632, John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia.
1 Jun 2016
Dr Karen Attar

French Crown-Colour Bard

Ahead of the Shakespeare in French Study Day, Dr Dominic Glynn explores the Bard's popularity across the Channel.
4 May 2016
Dr Dominic Glynn

Feature of the month: Randle Cotgrave's French dictionary

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the second book to feature from 1632.
3 May 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Feature of the Month: Foure Prentises

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. From April until June, 1632 features.
1 Apr 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Feature of the Month: a Saxon Treatise in 1623

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. A Saxon Treatise Concerning the Old and New Testament Aelfric London: J. Haviland for H. Seile, 1623 [E.M.W.] 012 (SR)
1 Mar 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Metamorphosis

This year, Senate House Library will commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a season of activities running from 14 April to 17 September. This includes a free onsite exhibition, a programme of events, and a website that provides rich digital content as well as research resources.
19 Feb 2016
Jackie Marfleet

Feature of the Month: fatal vesper at Blackfriars

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios. This is the second book featured that was published in the same year as the First Folio, 1623.
1 Feb 2016
Dr Karen Attar

Feature of the Month: Arithmetic Made Easy

In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685.
4 Jan 2016
Dr Karen Attar