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Dame Judi Dench visited by police after being accused of 'stealing deer from park'

The acting legend explained that she and her late husband Michael Williams were driving home from the theatre when the animal suddenly leapt out in front of their car.

Daily Record · May 13, 2023

Shocked Dame Judi Dench visited by police after claim she stole deer from park

The 88-year-old, who played spy boss M in eight James Bond films, said she and late husband Michael Williams had herded the animal back into a park after it jumped out right in front of their car

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2023

David Tennant will play Macbeth in Donmar Warehouse production in December

Scots star David Tennant has previously performed lead roles in Hamlet, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet.

Daily Record · May 5, 2023

Neon noir thriller is Macbeth retold for the 21st Century

Shakespeare's tale of political ambition, murder and madness gets a modern makeover

Liverpool Echo · Apr 25, 2023

How Sachin Tendulkar became 'God of Cricket'

NEW DELHI: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, the evergreen poster boy of Indian cricket, turned 50 on April 24.

The Times of India · Apr 24, 2023

‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit

Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023

Follow the money: the story of slavery and Shakespeare’s First Folio

As we reckon with the UK’s colonial past, we need to examine the history behind valuable books – even our beloved Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Shakespeare's environmentalism: how his plays explore the same ecological issues we face today

Climate change, urban sprawl, air pollution, deforestation, depleted fish stocks, biodiversity and species loss: these are not exclusively modern problems that only sprang up in the last few hundred years. In fact, the common but misleading phrase “industrial revolution” masks the long history of resource extraction and ecological degradation in…

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023

Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays

Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare’s most memorable scenes. He lived and wrote in the late 16th century, when new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. Part of the role of the theatre was to process the cultural implications of all these changes.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023

Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

The Conversation · Apr 20, 2023