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Review: This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith

By @edent · Book Review shakehack shakespeare · 150 words

William Shakespeare glaces at us from the cover of a book.

So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality.

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Introducing @1st_Folio_Scans - Shakespeare's First Folio on Twitter

By @edent · shakehack twitter · 250 words

As part of the Shakespeare Hackday I attended a few weeks ago, we discussed some creative uses of social media. Could we find people tweeting rhyming couplets from the sonnets, for example? I decided, in the limited time available, to create something much simpler. Because the Bodleian Library's scans of the First Folio are under […]

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