About this event What type of dancing would Jane Austen have done? Are the dances in the film adaptations of Austen’s works something her characters could have danced? What is the only dance mentioned by name in an Austen novel? Join Dr Helen Davidge as she explains the social dancing which Jane Austen would have […]
About this event Join us for a lecture focusing on the digital discovery of manuscripts, paintings, prints, textiles and other objects discovered in Dunhuang and sites in northwest China, dating […]
About the Shikshapatri Composed in 1826 by Sahajananda Swami (Lord Swaminarayan), a reforming Hindu leader, the Shikshapatri provides moral and spiritual guidance for everyday life in 212 Sanskrit verses. It is read, heard and venerated daily by Swaminarayan followers. It is believed that Sahajananda Swami himself gave this manuscript to the Governor of Bombay, Sir John […]
Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Dancing with Austen explores how important dance was to Austen’s gentry society and its crucial role in her creativity. Dancing moves the plot in all of Jane Austen’s novels. Whether the scene of a private ball or a ticketed assembly, the dance floor measures the course of novels in which […]
Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest writers of the past century. Tradecraft draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré, otherwise known as David Cornwell. Held at the Bodleian Libraries, this material – much of which is displayed for the first time – spans Cornwell’s entire life and career, from his time as a […]
About the exhibition Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest writers of the past century. Tradecraft draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré, otherwise known as David Cornwell. Held at the Bodleian Libraries, this material – much of which is displayed for the first time – spans Cornwell’s entire life and career, from his […]
About the exhibition Discover the enduring legacy of one of the greatest writers of the past century. Tradecraft draws upon the vast archive of John le Carré, otherwise known as David Cornwell. Held at the Bodleian Libraries, this material – much of which is displayed for the first time – spans Cornwell’s entire life and career, from his […]
