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5 million Brits are unaware of the new law. Almost 2 million of those are in knife-edge seats - which could be the difference between a narrow win and defeat for top Tories.

In inventing the Elvish language, Tolkien was really imagining and hearing the language of angels. Tolkien Society Tolkien Quotes J.R.R. Tolkien

'Cleopatra' by French composer Mel Bonis (1858-1937) is surely influenced by Shakespeare. I hear the captivating Queen of Egypt sailing on her barge... Thank you 'Breakfast' BBC Radio 3 Petroc Trelawny Please may we hear Bonis's 'Ophelia'? Sir Stanley Wells Shakespeare B Trust

Men writing as women? We see Shakespeare do this across the plays, but what about the poetry & prose of his age? Come join the next Research Conversation @shakespearebt with Dr Catherine Loomis. Free to register below. Shakespeare’s Globe The Guardian The RSC shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

Paul_Edmondson Shakespeare B Trust Shakespeare Institute British Shakespeare Association The RSC I did my MA with Catherine at the Shakespeare Institute and she has remained a dear friend. This will be a great paper!

Men writing as women in the poetry & prose of Shakespeare's time? Come join us for the next @shakespeareBT Research Conversation, 'He words me', with Dr Catherine Loomis. Wed. 10 April 5.00 p.m. Free to register. Shakespeare Institute British Shakespeare Association The RSC shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

'Shakespeare By Women' with Lena Orlin, Laurie Maguire, Lois Potter, Charlotte Scott. Come join us on 19th April for a one-day public conference Shakespeare Institute Shakespeare B Trust In-person & on-line registrations available. shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

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Bravo, 'Ben & Imo', which was every bit as powerful & moving the second time round! I hope it will be made into a film, perhaps for television. Mark Ravenhill Erica Whyman The RSC Sir Stanley Wells Sarah Bardwell The Britten Pears Archive Petroc Trelawny

An Easter display, suddenly upon me, at The United Reformed Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Hurrah for Dr Stagg! Shakespeare Institute British Shakespeare Association Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare B Trust The RSC Folger Shakespeare Library Bodleian Libraries Oxford Academic Sir Stanley Wells Emma Smith

Where The Sun meets J. R. R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien Tolkien Society Tolkien Quotes

This looks amazing. When I was teaching, I would do The Tempest with Y3 (age 7 & 8), and we performed a cut down version, partly written by the kids, for an assembly. It was great, and the kids loved it.

This is also how, one year, we ended up with a pet skull called Yorick.

Bravo for 'The Children's First Folio' commissioned by @shakespearebt ! British Shakespeare Association The RSC Shakespeare’s Globe Folger Shakespeare Library thetimes.co.uk/article/2df5ff…

Ah, good: Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' starts BBC Radio 3 new, extended 'Breakfast.' Thank you Petroc Trelawny Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Sir Stanley Wells

My Collect for Charlotte Bronte, who died on this date in 1855. Brontë Parsonage Museum The Church of England Sir Stanley Wells Dr Paula Byrne Author FRSA

And our Easter garland at St Andrew's, Shottery has eggs in it. Happy Easter!

Easter Cakes!

Do go to The Red House: the home of one of the greatest of all composers, Benjamin Britten, & his partner, the tenor, Peter Pears.

'Shakespeare By Women' with Lena Orlin, Laurie Maguire, Lois Potter, Charlotte Scott. Come join us on 19th April for a one-day public conference Shakespeare Institute Shakespeare B Trust In-person & on-line registrations available. shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…