To Be Or Not To Be: Lockdown Shakespeare

“To be or not to be?” A popular podcast series about literature’s most famous speech. We now have a new podcast A Reading Life, A Writing Life with Sally Bayley

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A video sampling the forthcoming podcast series with @SallyBayley1 - reading, writing, living with and alongside the natural world. The series shows us how literature can help with the tricky business of life. Please support us here: https://t.co/uNRIHBknMT

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@EFernie @ShakesInstitute @stanley_wells @StuartKells @The_Globe @ShakespeareBT @HolyTrinitySonA @EnglishAssoc @MichaelRosenYes Fascinating

[Ewan Fernie @EFernie]

Withnail & I @BirminghamRep is hilarious & heartbreaking, a wild ride, a wicked script & a rocking musical - & it all ends with, well, as Hamlet. Superbly directed & designed. A privilege to witness it.

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@historyinmemes Something odd appears to happen at 7 seconds on the right hand side - these two women seem to disappear - optical illusion?

[Sally Bayley @SallyBayley1]

@ToBeOrNotcast brilliant production by Andrew Smith in all those early episodes; then many of the later episodes are produced by @J_T_Bowen, Lucie Richter-Mahr & an ep by D.Gwalia. An Arts Cooperative of sorts ...

[Sally Bayley @SallyBayley1]

Congratulations Kris and Andrew!

[Kris Dyer @krisdyer]

@SallyBayley1 Thanks Sally. It’s all down to our talented mutual friend @ToBeOrNotcast

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@davidganly @josephmillson @RealPottsSJ Great photo

[Ruth Millington @ruth_millington]

'Forward' is Birmingham's motto, but given devastating council cuts, how possible is that for cultural organisations now? For the Sunday Mercury I've written about @unibirmingham's funding for artists, which brings some hope to the city https://t.co/jm836HbyXy

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@SignsOfLifeFilm yay!!

[Ewan Fernie @EFernie]

Winteringham's @BirminghamRep has, according to Artistic Director @SeanFoleyJ, 'a unique "democratic" auditorium – no boxes, no stalls/circle division: every seat gets the same amazing view.' A prime example of the City's distinctive, egalitarian culture currently under threat.

[Ex Cathedra @excathedrachoir]

Following this week's devastating news, here's a collective response to the proposed Birmingham City Council Cuts from the Arts and Culture sector in Birmingham.

To read the statement as a whole, you can find it in the News section on our website: https://t.co/4tknkVcvoj

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

Birmingham’s cultural figures - from @JoeLycett to Carlos Acosta (@CAcostaOfficial), @DuranDuran to Napalm Death (@officialND) – have warned 100% cuts to the council's funding of arts organisations will “devastate” the ecosystem in Britain’s second city.
https://t.co/IcYIPYQmue

[Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili]

The next in @paulsenwriter's excellent series of chats with Simon Schaffer - this one very topical and an issue I worry about as I have coursework I set my students that they could get AI to do for them.

[Paul Sen @paulsenwriter]

Here’s the latest in my series of interviews with Cambridge professor Simon Schaffer. A fascinating re-evaluation of Alan Turing’s legendary 1950 paper on A.I. https://t.co/5I3EMK78Fc

@jimalkhalili @georgecmcgavin

[Dr Chris Laoutaris @DrCLaoutaris]

For a limited time the hardback edition of SHAKESPEARE’S BOOK (@WmCollinsBooks) is only £9.99 on Amazon. That's a huge 60% off!! The book tells the story of the creation of the Shakespeare First Folio, one of the most influential secular books in history, and those who made it!!

[𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 @Freeburian]

I am ridiculously excited to reveal my forthcoming book, 'Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers', with @ManchesterUP. I'm immensely proud of this huge project and can't wait for folk to read!

Available to pre-order for £25 here: https://t.co/cr3IP1HCB2

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@missalexialopez Amazing!

[Paul Sen @paulsenwriter]

First episode of my interview with renowned Cambridge historian of science, Professor Simon Schaffer on the surprising history of A.I. Simon judges ChatGPT attempt to imitate him! https://t.co/yEktHX7nf1

[Nicole Cooper @Cooper1Nicole]

I am thrilled to be heading back into the life and mind of @ZinnieH’s Lady M. She is a puzzle that I wasn’t done solving! What a woman! @Rosetheatre get ready… there is going to be a lot of blood!

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

A beautiful encapsulation of two completely different schools of rhetoric. And two very different ages of American politics separated by only a couple of years. @RestIsPolitics