
14 Barton Peveril Sixth Form College Literature students were invited to Winchester College on Friday 28th April to attend a talk presented by Emma Smith; Professor of Shakespeare Studies, Hertford College, University of Oxford. In celebration of the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio. Students also received the opportunity to take a private tour of the college and dined with other students.
Winchester College is an independent boarding school based in Winchester, Hampshire for pupils aged 13 – 18 years old.
Students also received an interactive session at Barton Peveril, as part of the Aspire Programme on the 21st April, to physically see Shakespeare’s First Folio. This event was immensely beneficial to English Literature students who study King Lear as part of the syllabus.

