FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 - Caught on Camera

‘The best thing I have ever witnessed on stage’: readers’ favourite theatre of 2025

A transcendent new take on King Lear, a thrilling Evita and a show at Glasgow’s revamped Citizens that reduced one viewer to a ‘blubbering wreck’ are among your highlights

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2025

Johnny Flynn's guide to London: shopping at Patina and dinner at Pivaz

The Goodbye June actor used to make money busking, thinks mudlarking is a great first date and loves Clapton’s Mangal restaurants

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025

Twelfth Night at the Barbican review: A delightful maximalist feast

4/5 Director Prasanna Puwanarajah’s Shakespeare festivities are striking if a little over-stuffed in places

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2025

Judi Dench reveals she can still remember Shakespeare but not ‘what I’m doing tomorrow’

Oscar winner describes her degenerative eye condition as a ‘crusher’

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025

From the Miller’s Tale to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that another “Noah’s flood” is coming to drown the world that he sleeps in a basket in the attic – freeing…

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025

This 30-Question Useless Facts Challenge Will Reveal How Weirdly Smart You Really Are

Lately, life feels a bit too serious, doesn’t it?Bills, work, deadlines, errands, decisions - it all piles up faster than we’d like. So here’s a little break from all that: a quiz made entirely of strange, useless, and wonderfully pointless facts. From Shakespeare’s dad’s odd job to the speed of…

Bored Panda · Dec 2, 2025

“Are You A Master Of Ridiculous Knowledge?”: Try Scoring 30/30 In This Useless Facts Test

Lately, life feels a bit too serious, doesn’t it?Bills, work, deadlines, errands, decisions - it all piles up faster than we’d like. So here’s a little break from all that: a quiz made entirely of strange, useless, and wonderfully pointless facts. From Shakespeare’s dad’s odd job to the speed of…

Bored Panda · Dec 2, 2025

Get your skates on: 10 of the best pop-up ice rinks in the UK

From city rooftops to seafront winter wonderlands, these are some of the best places to slide into Christmas

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

10 Times Lending Money to a Friend Turns Into a Regret Story

Shakespeare said, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” He was right. Lending money to a friend is a noble gesture that often ends in disaster. You want to help, but money changes dynamics.

Budget and the Bees · Dec 1, 2025

A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe: 'Like a sexed-up Narnia'

4/5 This winter-set spin on the play brings a fairy tale dark edge to proceedings with unnerving effect

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025