Sharing our passion for all things literary
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31 Mar 2018
Ahead of @BBCTwo's screening of #Hamlet tonight at 9pm, here's Andrew Scott and @robertwicke discussing Shakespeare's famous "To be, or not to be" speech and how they've brought it alive for a modern audience. We're so excited to watch it again tonight 🤩!
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28 Mar 2018
‘No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.’
Virginia Woolf, died #onthisday in 1941.
#WednesdayWisdom
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Andrew Scott, as Hamlet, performs the opening lines of #Shakespeare's most famous soliloquy. Watch the full production at 9pm, Saturday, @BBCTwo
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NLCS English retweeted
30 Dec 2017
Hey Y11-Brain turning to mush cause of the trashy films ur watching in the afternoons?
Try reading this- thoughtful consideration of the awesomeness of Macbeth. Nice little bit of pre-reading ready for next week
theguardian.com/culture/2017…
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NLCS English retweeted
2 Oct 2017
2 weeks to go... Our #HayWinterWeekend programme is announced 16 October. hayfestival.org/winterweeken…
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29 Jun 2017
Year 7 gave a fantastic performance of Midsummer Night's Dream - and it didn't rain
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10 Jan 2017
#JaneAusten Among Family and Friends is now open! See her teenage writings at this free display in our #BLTreasures bit.ly/2i9PdoJ
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21 Dec 2016
Hear the beautifully lyrical version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, read by poet Simon Armitage bbc.in/2i9Cli9 #R4seasons
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NLCS English retweeted
19 Dec 2016
"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
Dickens's A Christmas Carol was first published #onthisday in 1843.
bl.uk/romantics-and-victoria…
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NLCS English retweeted
19 Dec 2016
Have a listen to our live recording of "I don't want to be your friend" on #soundcloud
soundcloud.com/mortaltides/i… performed @ThePortlandArms
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2 Dec 2016
5 Dec: Explore the portrayal of Jews in American literature with Zachary Leader, Devorah Baum and Howard Jacobson bit.ly/2gk9Ah1
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NLCS English retweeted
1 Dec 2016
Harry Potter: A History of Magic opens 20 Oct – a thrilling exhibition of Library treasures & material from @jk_rowling’s own archive #HP20
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3 Nov 2016
Year 9 enjoying the autumnal conclusion of the Western Front trip at Thiepval Memorial - great trip girls!
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NLCS English retweeted
24 Oct 2016
You know how there's always ONE book I badger you all to read? Well, this term, this is it. Be prepared.
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26 Sep 2016
'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.' Explore the works of T S Eliot, born #onthisday in 1888. bit.ly/2dnOydS
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22 Sep 2016
Today is the first day of autumn. Here's John Keats's 'To Autumn' to mark the change of seasons. #AutumnalEquinox bit.ly/2cqw7Ib
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NLCS English retweeted
2 Sep 2016
Hello @clpe1 Might our 2017 Young Romantics Writing Prize be of interest to your followers? goo.gl/r7raa9
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17 Aug 2016
‘Nobody wanted your dance, Nobody wanted your strange glitter’ Ted Hughes was born #otd 1930 bit.ly/2aYRBtu
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8 Aug 2016
Featured in #Shakespeare in Ten Acts: the only surviving play-script in Shakespeare's hand bit.ly/2a1dR3d
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