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Neil Cocks works with Creation Theatre Company

On Thursday 20 June, the celebrated Creation theatre company will be staging Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde in the atmospheric basement of Blackwells in Oxford. Creation describe the production as ‘A fast paced, sixty minute one man show of Robert … Continue reading

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Visit Days – thank you to everyone, including our visitors

We have enjoyed the Visit Days – and it seems that our visitors have, too… Mary Morrissey writes: 20th of March saw the last of this year’s department visit days. The visit days are a chance for ‘offer holders’ (those … Continue reading

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Thank you to our visitors

    Thanks to all of you who came to visit us over the weekend. We enjoyed your company and hope you found the day interesting.  we are grateful for the lovely comments we recevied, some of which we have … Continue reading

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6 October 2012 – 14 April 2013 Ladybird exhibition at the Museum of English

  What would happen if you asked different experts to look at a single illustration of rural life? This exhibition does precisely that. It focuses on a small watercolour by the artist Charles Tunnicliffe. This was one of many artworks … Continue reading

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INSET day in the English Department

On 14th March the English Department will welcome around twenty secondary school teachers to an INSET day. Our training days are themed, and the subject this time is Shakespeare. The programme is designed to be engaging whilst supporting the demands of … Continue reading

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Dr Neil Cocks gives a public lecture on the Ladybird archive

Dr Sue Walsh writes: On March 1st Dr Neil Cocks gave an open lecture on ‘The Ladybird Archive atReading’.  He was introduced by Professor Karín Lesnik-Oberstein, the director of CIRCL (Reading’s Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, … Continue reading

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