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Immaculate Hampstead house once home to Shakespearean ‘Queen of Drury Lane’ listed for £7.35 million

The sale of Capo di Monte will include planning permission to significantly extend the basement level

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor who soars in sci-fi, looks back on his life in memoir

Patrick Stewart, who famously played a “Star Trek” captain, has boldly gone where no one has gone before — into his past

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

The Crown has turned the royals into a ‘soap opera’, says Queen Elizabeth biographer Gyles Brandreth

Royal biographer claims Netflix’s hit drama series is ‘as truthful about the present royal family as Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” is about Richard III... but not quite as well written’

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023

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Michael Gambon: an actor who let his heart and soul crack open

A star with incredible presence, Gambon brought heft and delicacy, mischief and feeling, to the stage and screen

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

‘I didn’t want to be Bubbly Bonnie Langford for ever’ – the star relives her career highs and lows

In showbiz since the age of six, and still high-kicking at 59, the screen and stage sensation looks back on her biggest moments – from Cats to Doctor Who to the ‘madness’ of The Masked Dancer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

‘This is not a Trumpy, conservative education’: Florida’s controversial new SAT alternative

Will the Classic Learning Test bring ‘truth and beauty’ back into education – or is it fueling Ron DeSantis’s extremist agenda?

The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2023

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Compositor E review – traumatised typesetter leaves inky fingerprints all over Shakespeare

Charlie Dupré’s Bruntwood prize longlisted play asks thoughtful questions about who gets to shape history, but lacks a level of intrigue and emotional depth to address them fully

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2023

Graham Billing obituary

Other Lives: Teacher who was a central figure in his local cultural community, as well as a translator for many arts-based societies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023

Bell chimes in with a Succession plan fit for a king

Bell Shakespeare is staging its first production of the Bard's classic play King Lear in 13 years, as part of its 2024 season.

AAP · Sep 21, 2023

‘Generative AI is not yet an automation technology’, say Oxford experts

Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne revisit their decade-old predictions about jobs being automated.

Fortune · Sep 18, 2023

What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

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The Conversation · Sep 11, 2023

Choose Irvine Welsh: new documentary explores the life of Scotland's 'urban Shakespeare'

On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about the life, writing and cultural impact of…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023

‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023

How linguists are unlocking the meanings of Shakespeare’s words using numbers

Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? But in Shakespeare’s time, “bastard” was a technical term describing certain plants.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

How many marks out of 10 does Charles deserve after his first year on the throne?

Let’s see: he has brought Andrew back into public life, managed to grow his hair longer and, er…

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Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023

As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe review: not always subtle, but consistently delightful

The Globe’s now-habitual gender-fluid approach to casting chimes perfectly with this story of disguise and confusion

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality review – rowdy circus riff on Romeo and Juliet

The enthralling Canadian company offer up a fast-paced but often jarring show that treats Shakespeare like the Super Bowl

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

Starry Shakespeare, super standups and a Black Sabbath ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2023

Patsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on stage

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

James Rowland: Piece of Work review – an affecting account of fathers, sons and Shakespeare

Rowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023

Edinburgh fringe 2023 week two roundup: to the stars – via Essex

A dazzling drama about women slipping the surly bonds of male-dominated Nasa joins Essex poetry, New York silliness and Lorna Rose Treen’s laugh-fest as second-week treats

Marie Claire · Aug 14, 2023

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Cinemablend · Aug 13, 2023

21 Movie Romances That Ended Up In Some Really Dark Places

Not every romance starts on film with a meet-cute and ends with everyone living happily ever after. Some relationships get really disturbing.

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