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Ian Mckellen Expected To Fully Recover After Stage Fall

Renowned actor Ian McKellen, 85, falls off stage during performance but expected to fully recover and resume role in Shakespearean play.

Top News · Jun 18, 2024

King Charles III's Old School Goes On Charm Offensive

Facilities at Gordonstoun School in northeast Scotland include a climbing wall, rifle range and a five-hole golf course, while pupils can even avail themselves of bagpipe lessons.

International Business Times · Jun 13, 2024

Staying in town for the long weekend? Here's a few things to do

From the Brumbies' quarter final to theatre shows and plenty of cheese.

The Canberra Times · Jun 4, 2024

Shakespeare played jealous husband in 1598 Ben Jonson drama, scholar’s analysis finds

Exclusive: lecturer finds ‘striking similarities’ between lines in Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour and later Shakespeare works

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024

Dolly covers, Scottish kings and a chocolate surplus – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024

A new Kobe Bryant statue has multiple errors. It's not the first memorial with typos

Officials say they will correct the misspellings on a recent 19-foot bronze statue of the late Kobe Bryant at Crypto.com Arena. Several other prominent monuments have had similar issues.

WEKU · Mar 12, 2024

Our guide to the best Shakespeare film adaptations of all time, from Hamlet to Macbeth

More than four centuries later and we still can’t get enough of Shakespeare’s thrilling, tortuous plots

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024

Unlucky in love: statue of Shakespeare’s Juliet in Verona damaged by tourists

Visitors joining in tradition of touching breast of artwork to bring them fortune in relationships have worn hole in it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

Shakespeare’s father’s fine made a mountain out of a muckhill

Letters: Nic Madge on manorial courts of the past and their propensity for issuing fines; plus June Perry on the respectable ‘dungheaps’ left by gentlemen

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024

UoH former English professor S. Viswanathan passes away

Former UoH professor Subrahmanyam Viswanathan, known for his scholarship on Shakespeare, passed away at 91 in Chennai.

The Hindu · Feb 29, 2024