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Dr Jem Bloomfield answers the Big Questions

Dr Jem Bloomfield Assistant Professor of Literature in the School of English, talks about his first experience with the media – on the BBC1 show – The Big Questions. This Sunday I found myself on the outskirts of York, recording a TV show. This was a slightly unexpected situation for me, which began a few …

A new literary play by a Nottingham academic explores witchcraft trials

The world-premiere of a play written by  Brean Hammond, Emeritus Professor in the School of English,  will take place at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre, St Andrews, in Fife this week. Noted playwright and Nottingham academic Professor Hammond, has written Ben and Jamie, which combines real events from the era to create a thriller involving witchcraft, King James VI, a poisoning …

New research backs Nottingham claims Bard’s ‘lost’ play is genuine

A new study by a team of Texan academics has strongly suggested that a disputed play was indeed penned by William Shakespeare, backing previous research by a Nottingham professor published in 2010. The original authorship of the 18-th century play Double Falsehood has long been debated and the new research by scholars at The University …

Whedon brings geek chic to Shakespeare

Joss Whedon’s eagerly-anticipated screen-adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing opens at cinemas this week. Culture, Film and Media student Leora Hadas looks at who’s likely to be the biggest draw at the box office — the Bard or the self-styled King of Geeks. Joss Whedon has chosen an interesting way to bookend …