I'm in the paper!

[gillo]

A couple of weeks ago a newspaper team came to the Shakespeare Institute to spend the day. Today the results are published in The Independent.As always, the journalist has put a slant on it all. The only person there with a blue rinse is in her 20s. Actually, it's blue, pink and lilac. This pensioner is actually a student, for all my white hair -

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[petzipellepingo]

Sooo... are you one of the five?

You do indeed look very attentive. And there really is quite a mix of ages there, which IMO is great.

That library must be fascinating, I'm jealous of Karin Brown.

[gillo]

The library is wonderful. One smallish section has books that may be borrowed, but most of the 60,000+ are reference only, which means they are (very nearly) always where you expect to find them. We have some fabulous archives too, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has a whole lot more.

I'm not one of the five because I didn't put my name forward. I shall probably go down to Stratford on the day, though. That weekend usually has lots of events on anyway, and this year is a special anniversary - though, as Martin says, it's only a number. I'm so lucky to be able to study there - it has such a terrific "feel" to it.

[velvetwhip]

I see you! Don't you look attractively scholarly!

I agree with you about the article, but yes, it's still a good bit of publicity.

Gabrielle

[gillo]

Well, paying attention at least. ;-)

I think some of the academics will be exhausted by the end of the year, they are doing so much publicity.

[kazzy_cee]

For Brown, who's 45, with brown curls falling around her shoulders

ARGH!!!!!!!!

*eyeroll*

[gillo]

I know - no mention of Martin Wiggins's shock of wild white hair, or Michael Dobson's bald dome; Karin is fair play, though. She's a Shakespeare scholar in her own right, as well as head librarian, so it's particularly irritating. No reference to Erin or Abigail either, the two female academics in the photo.

[bearshorty]

Oh, the library. I wish I could just a whole week there just basking in books. The whole place sounds so much fun.

[gillo]

It really is - there is so much fun and laughter as well as serious study. And the library is so, so cherishable.

[curiouswombat]

They always do put the slant onto things so it fits their predetermined ideas...

It is a nice picture, though.

[gillo]

It is a nice photo, and good of almost everyone in it, which is very rare. Notice Our Guy Will in the window!

I think the journalist was a touch overwhelmed by the place. I like to put a kind interpretation on it.