NLCS English

Sharing our passion for all things literary

[ATGtickets @ATGTICKETS]

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 🤩!

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.’

Virginia Woolf, died #onthisday in 1941.

#WednesdayWisdom

[BBC Arts @bbcarts]

Andrew Scott, as Hamlet, performs the opening lines of #Shakespeare's most famous soliloquy. Watch the full production at 9pm, Saturday, @BBCTwo

[Mr Sully @stc_eng_mrsully]

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

https://t.co/SuHqa5k1CN

[Hay Festival @hayfestival]

2 weeks to go... Our #HayWinterWeekend programme is announced 16 October. https://t.co/RgZ8eKdcYu

[NLCS English @NLCS_English]

Year 7 gave a fantastic performance of Midsummer Night's Dream - and it didn't rain

[British Library @britishlibrary]

#JaneAusten Among Family and Friends is now open! See her teenage writings at this free display in our #BLTreasures https://t.co/xUQpArX6mV

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Hear the beautifully lyrical version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, read by poet Simon Armitage https://t.co/b3sRVIQepd #R4seasons

[British Library Learning @BL_Learning]

"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"
Dickens's A Christmas Carol was first published #onthisday in 1843.
https://t.co/9kKsvQeLUZ

[Mortal Tides @mortaltides]

Have a listen to our live recording of "I don't want to be your friend" on #soundcloud
https://t.co/ojEMtvGkVb performed @ThePortlandArms

[British Library @britishlibrary]

5 Dec: Explore the portrayal of Jews in American literature with Zachary Leader, Devorah Baum and Howard Jacobson https://t.co/IEluysvRGA

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Harry Potter: A History of Magic opens 20 Oct – a thrilling exhibition of Library treasures & material from @jk_rowling’s own archive #HP20

[NLCS English @NLCS_English]

Year 9 enjoying the autumnal conclusion of the Western Front trip at Thiepval Memorial - great trip girls!

[NLCS Library and Archive @NLCS_Library]

You know how there's always ONE book I badger you all to read? Well, this term, this is it. Be prepared.

[NLCS English @NLCS_English]

@NLCSPhilosophy @cantabclaire yes, it's wonderful. And one for our Theory of Knowledge students

[British Library @britishlibrary]

'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.' Explore the works of T S Eliot, born #onthisday in 1888. https://t.co/ikxTYxhEg0

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Today is the first day of autumn. Here's John Keats's 'To Autumn' to mark the change of seasons. #AutumnalEquinox https://t.co/FQO007LkJ4

[Megorden @megorden]

@Mrs_SPaG 😆

[Keats-Shelley House @Keats_Shelley]

Hello @clpe1 Might our 2017 Young Romantics Writing Prize be of interest to your followers? https://t.co/b8So9cQJIQ

[British Library @britishlibrary]

‘Nobody wanted your dance, Nobody wanted your strange glitter’ Ted Hughes was born #otd 1930 https://t.co/Ij0nHjBr6Z