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The Phoenix and Turtle: Shakespeare’s Valentines
Today we are celebrating St Valentine’s day by giving flowers, chocolates and cards decorated with symbols of hearts and roses to those we love. Traditionally it’s the day when birds pair up for the mating season, and Chaucer, writing in … Continue reading
Stratford-upon-Avon’s Mop Fair
For a few days every October the residents of Stratford-upon-Avon have the history of the town brought home to them. The centre of the town literally comes to a standstill, all the cars, buses and lorries that pound the streets … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged agriculture, Autolycus, fair, Mop Fair, Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, The Winter's Tale
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Seeing the spider
Autumn’s coming round, and that means we are all seeing more spiders in homes, gardens and in the countryside. Spiders have always got a bad press. In folklore they’re associated with evil, malevolence, and rumoured to be venomous. Spiders don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World
Tagged folklore, insect, Richard III, Shakespeare, spider, superstition, The Winter's Tale
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Shakespeare’s mothers and sons
Towards the end of Shakespeare’s life, early September must have been a sad time, not just because it signalled the end of summer. Both parents died at this time of year: his father was buried on 8 September 1601, and … Continue reading
Posted in Plays and Poems, Shakespeare's World, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tagged death, King John, Mary Arden, mothers, Shakespeare, Snitterfield, The Winter's Tale, Wilmcote
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Your actions are my dreams: Shakespeare and conspiracy
A week on Sunday it will be exactly ten years since the awful events of 9/11 in which thousands of people died and which sparked the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Monday it was revealed that a poll undertaken … Continue reading
Posted in Legacy, Shakespeare's World
Tagged 9/11, conspiracy, Guy Smith, Irvin Light Matus, James Shapiro, Jonathan Bate, Jonathan Kay, Leontes, Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
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Shakespeare’s fathers: nature or nurture?
It’s Father’s Day in the UK today, and the prime minister, David Cameron, is taking the opportunity to have a go at fathers who fail to take financial or emotional responsibility for their families. There are children growing up …who … Continue reading
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Tagged Cymbeline, family, fathers, Hamlet, King Lear, Shakespeare, sons, The Winter's Tale
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