On Friday 29 April our A level English Language students went to see ‘Shakespeare 400: History, Heritage & Faith’ at the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick. This is a major exhibition featuring the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) and a first edition of the King James Bible (1611). It was a rare opportunity to see these two iconic texts, the ‘twin pillars’ of Western society, on display together.
The group also enjoyed writing with quill and ink, by candlelight, in the crypt, to the sound of monks chanting! We then moved on to learn about the rise of the printing press and see the Albion machine in action, learning about the origin of the terms ‘upper and lower case’, ‘mind your Ps and Qs’ and ‘to put something to bed’.
