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SHOCKING: Shakespeare - What They Never Told You

John Major’s rise from obscure whip to PM part of new National Theatre season

Play is one of eight world premieres in programme with global conflict and political upheaval at its heart

The Guardian - UK

A spotlight on sherry: Britain’s storied history with the Spanish wine

With sherries of all styles and for all palates, it’s little wonder there’s a long and well-recorded relationship with these shores

The Guardian - UK

The must-see Broadway and off-Broadway shows coming this fall

NYC THEATER: A new theatrical season is underway in New York City, which means dozens of shows to choose from. Caitlin Hornik highlights 10 of the productions she’s most looking forward to seeing this fall

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‘Like a tired boxer, battered by applause’: as Andrew Scott’s biopic premieres, Richard Eyre remembers Ian Charleson’s superb, near-death Hamlet

In 1989, the Chariots of Fire actor took on the incredible task of playing Shakespeare’s prince while terminally ill from Aids. This weekend sees the world premiere of Elsinore, a new film about the episode, itself heavily-tipped for awards

The Guardian - UK

Bayeux Tapestry tickets 'more sought after than Chelsea-Arsenal' says Burnham, as King and Macron visit British Museum

Exclusive: The Prime Minister hails ‘moment in history’ for London with landmark display

Evening Standard

King says ‘what is past is prologue’ after Bayeux tour with Macron and Burnham

The guests walked the length of the 70-metre masterpiece at the British Museum in London.

Evening Standard

Quote of the day by Hugh Jackman: ‘If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna…’ – ‘The Wolverine’ star on spirituality, tolerance and why different beliefs don’t have to divide us

Hugh Jackman believes great thinkers share common wisdom and seek similar answers. His personal philosophy draws from various traditions, encouraging unity beyond labels. The actor, known for playing Wolverine, explored spirituality after a Christian upbringing. He imagines figures like Buddha and Jesus Christ finding agreement at a dinner table. Jackman's…

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Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn

Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage

The Guardian - UK

‘That’s what saved me’: Darren Raymond and Mark Rylance on the prison drama workshop that brought them together

A masterclass led by the actor helped set Raymond on a new path. Now the head of a theatre company, he has coaxed his friend back to the stage for a show to encourage young people to fall in love with performing

The Guardian - UK

How Abraham Lincoln's Self-Education Habits Can Help You Learn Anything Without Money or Resources

He Had Fewer Books Than You Have Browser TabsLincoln's formal schooling totalled less than twelve months across his entire childhood. No single teacher, no fixed curriculum, no library card. He borrowed books from neighbours across miles of Indiana wilderness, read them by firelight when candles ran out, and returned them…

Times Life

From Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise, Tim Curry was a master shapeshifter who could terrify and delight

Actor and singer Tim Curry has died aged 80, following years of health struggles brought on by a stroke.

The Conversation

De Gaulle: Résistance review – a galloping bromance for Churchill and France’s wartime hero

This biopic of the great Gallic general – which culminates at Bir Hakeim, in advance of a second film – is a fine, quietly amusing romp with a touch of classic 60s war films

The Guardian - UK

I tried ChatGPT's new interactive quizzes on 5 subjects I thought I knew well — it quickly found the gaps in my knowledge

ChatGPT has a new built-in quiz feature, which you can use to test your knowledge on any subject you like.

TechRadar

Why I can forgive Mark Parton's frivolous f-bomb

I think despair, not boredom, is his problem.

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These Violent Delights review – Scottish Ballet’s feverish Romeo and Juliet is bold and unsettling

A taut, dreamlike reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy strips away romance in favour of dread, creating an engrossing and fiercely physical dance film

The Guardian - UK

Midsummer! review – Suri Noelle sparkles in a frisky Dream at the Edinburgh fringe

A lusty adaptation by Avenue Q’s co-creator is performed with verve by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter and her fellow students

The Guardian - UK

We’re going to party like it’s 1629… the masques, the music and the mayhem of Banqueting House

What music soundtracked 17th-century England? Ahead of a DJ set in Banqueting House, Georgia Mann looks at the wild, the experimental, the melancholic – and why a theorbo caused a security alert

The Guardian - UK

Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be!

The Mad King may bring more dynastic disputes and dotty despots to the RSC – but a ‘mayhap’ or a riddling aphorism does not a Shakespeare play make

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Game of Thrones: The Mad King review – an action-packed saga of dry ice and fire

This prequel to the TV series has one joust after another, spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonance

The Guardian - UK

‘Can’t stop smiling!’ The wait is over for epic Game of Thrones prequel The Mad King

New play, which has been a decade in the works, opens at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon after five previews were cancelled

Evening Standard

Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe: Lusty and joyful

4/5 Indiana Lown-Collins’ production is a vibrant vision of one of Shakespeare’s trickier comedies

The Guardian - UK

Love’s Labour’s Lost review – paella, bullfighting and flamenco make Shakespeare’s farce a fiesta

Choreographer Carmen Igarza deserves to take a bow as spectacular dance and movement add passion to the seemingly unfinished play

Cinemablend

I Have Chills Just Hearing What It's Like To Work With Legends Like Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart On A Marvel Set

The new Falcon got to work with some legends on Doomsday.

The Economic Times

In 1890, one man released 60 birds in New York Central park. 135 years later, there are 200 million of them across America

How 60 birds became 200 million starlings: European starlings, numbering 200 million, trace their lineage to a 1890 Manhattan release. Eugene Schieffelin introduced sixty birds, which then multiplied rapidly across the continent. These adaptable birds outcompete native species and cause significant agricultural damage annually. The popular Shakespeare myth surrounding their…

The Economic Times

In 1890, Eugene Schieffelin released European starlings in Central Park; within 69 years, their descendants had reached the Pacific

Eugene Schieffelin released European starlings in Central Park in 1890. These birds spread across the continent within sixty-nine years. Starlings are adaptable and not picky eaters, which aided their rapid proliferation. This successful introduction now causes eight hundred million dollars in annual agricultural damage. The starling's story serves as a…

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