It’s Open Day at @Rossett!
We’ve had some fantastic contributions from visitors to @EnglishRossett today, including Alfie’s sea illustration and some lovely poems by Holly and Andy.
Come along and have a go!
It’s Open Day at @Rossett!
Head over to @EnglishRossett to take a look at our Media Room or have a go at the giant Boggle Board (@TJElcock is very proud of his work)!
#OTD 1892, Lewis Carroll called on Christina Rossetti, but found she was "too ill to see any one.,,,the heart is affected, and she has to be kept perfectly quiet." She died just over two years later. For Ray Dyer's details of this friendship, see https://t.co/UfoYkhBid1
Teaching/studying Christina Rossetti? Here's a daily reading from her Reading Diary 'Time Flies', by Rossetti expert Dinah Roe @preraphsrule It is both lovely & fascinating. (She's also writing an article for emagazine for Sept.) Follow on her twitterfeed! https://t.co/a7U7B9lvOS
Who saw our very own Prof Jill Rudd from @LivUniEnglish on #BritainsNovelLandscapes last night? She was talking all things Beatrix Potter 🐰🍰
Catch up now on 4od:
https://t.co/UcRsFRp05m
Some dictionary smiles for a dreich day:
twankle: to play idly on a musical instrument.
shivviness: the uncomfy feeling of new underwear.
tartle: to hesitate in introducing someone because you've forgotten their name.
niddle-noddle: to nod vigorously whilst not listening at all.
Art thou the wisest of them all?
Test your knowledge of Shakespeare, the Early Modern period, and Christmas with our Big Shakespeare Christmas Quiz of the Year! 🎄
(Correct answers revealed later this evening).