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The Box Office Bears team share some news about recent publications and the announcement of our forthcoming monograph, Box Office Bears: Bears and Baiting in Early Modern England.

Read the zine produced by the LGBTQIA+ creative writing workshops inspired by Box Office Bears research.

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our English and Creative Writing team in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences and join the 'Box Office Bears: Animal Baiting in Early Modern England' research team.

I have frequently been asked when I talk about the BOB project, “did the bears hibernate”? We can answer this question in two ways: by looking at what we know about modern bears, and by looking at archival accounts.

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a bear goes to auction this week in London. Chairman of Christie’s New York, Ben Hall, described the sketch as “one of the most important works from the Renaissance still in private hands”. Leonardo’s Head of a Bear has more to it than a hefty price tag, aesthetic merits, or a substantial art historical pedigree.