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25 Years Later, Shakespeare's Most Popular Revenge Epic Gets An Intoxicating Makeover

Riz Ahmed and Aneil Karia break down the gutsy changes that make their 'Hamlet' stand out.

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33 years later, Denzel still shines in this star-studded Shakespeare adaptation — and you can stream it for free right now

I'm watching one of Denzel Washington's 52 movies every week this year, and this week, I'm reviewing "Much Ado About Nothing," a star-studded 1993 Shakespeare adaptation.

Tom’s Guide

Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarch

Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is Scotland’s national bard, a status he has achieved through his popularity since his death in 1796. He wrote some of the country’s most famous poems, including the satirical ode, Address to a Haggis and the rousing Scots Wha Hae. His most well-known…

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2026 is already pure chaos. Is that Trump’s electoral strategy?

Less than two weeks into the year, the US is stoking mayhem at home and abroad – with midterms coming in the autumn

The Guardian - US

How to get the Arcane Pickaxe in The Forge

It's the best Pickaxe in The Forge, for now.

PC Gamer

Where to find the Bard's lost guitar in The Forge

We're going back to the caves with a new tune.

PC Gamer

Bard’s Lost Guitar Location in The Forge

As you walk around Stonewake’s Cross village in The Forge's first hub, you’ll stumble across a crying bard sitting near a fireplace. Being the good person

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‘The world is such a nice thing!’: Matt Maltese, the songwriter for pop’s A-list … and Shakespeare

After getting dropped by a major label, the Leonard Cohen-influenced south Londoner kept going, and has now won fans in Rosalía, Sabrina Carpenter and more. But writing for the Bard is best of all, he says

The Guardian - UK

Friendslop Is The Biggest Gaming Trend in 2025 — And It’s Just Getting Started

2025 is the year gaming embraced friendslop. From new games like R.E.P.O and Peak to the friendslop-ification of Fortnite & GTA, it's just getting started.

Inverse

Why Herefordshire was the perfect stand-in for Shakespeare’s Stratford in the new film of Hamnet

Crooked buildings, welcoming inns, ancient woodlands … it’s easy to see why the location scouts chose this idyllic corner of England

The Guardian - UK

‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms

Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard

The Guardian - UK

To eat or not to eat: The food that shaped Shakespeare’s plays – and how to cook it today

From banquets fit for kings to tavern feasts and lovers’ suppers, a new cookbook by Sam Bilton and Shakespeare’s Globe reveals how food shaped the Bard’s world – and shows how to bring those flavours to your own table

The Independent UK

“To Be Or Not To Be?”: Test Your Literature Knowledge With This 28-Question Shakespeare Quiz

Test your Shakespeare knowledge with this quiz on plays, quotes, and characters. Challenge yourself and see how well you know the Bard’s works—take the quiz!

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Hamnet review: Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley enthral in Shakespeare tearjerker

4/5 Chloé Zhao’s clever adaptation grounds the Bard’s backstory in love, loss and the natural world

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25 Years Later, The Iconic Shakespeare Revenge Epic Gets A Visceral Remix

Riz Ahmed delivers a career-best performance in the visceral crime-thriller remix of Shakespeare's classic tragedy.

The Conversation

Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare’s Scorsese

How did Shakespeare become the world’s greatest playwright? It’s a question that has long fascinated scholars and fans alike. My latest research suggests that one answer lies in the Bard’s close collaboration with his leading man, Richard Burbage.

The Conversation

Born With Teeth: queer imagining of Shakespeare and Marlowe tale is also a play about plays

Currently playing to enthusiastic reviews at London’s Wyndham Theatre, Born With Teeth imagines a historic moment in playwriting in which Liz Duffy Adams illuminates how history can be presented from a queer perspective, while revealing precisely how a play actually functions.

Evening Standard

13 fun things to do with the kids in London over the summer holidays

From the Bard with a touch of Beyoncé to Hobnob ice-cream, Anjana Gosai on keeping everyone from toddlers to teens happy

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LoLdle answers (June 2025)

Need help with your LoLdle answers? You can find all of them here.

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The real story behind Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘dark, sexy’ Shakespeare play: Were The Bard and Marlowe lovers or rivals?

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the tantalising facts from wild fiction

Louder

Big Big Train announce new Scop EP as companion to upcoming Bard reissue

New companion EP Scop features previously unreleased demos from the original Bard sessions and more and will be released in March

The Independent UK

Groundbreaking exhibition blends Shakespeare and AI in ‘collaboration between the living and dead’

The innovative installation promises to be a ‘collaboration between creative entities: living, dead, organic and computational’

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer sparks backlash after 'removing Shakespeare portrait from No 10 wall'

The 18th-century portrait of the Bard has been put into storage triggering criticism from conservatives

The Guardian - UK

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult review – Shakespeare was a woman

Through a modern playwright and a Tudor figure, the bestselling American author creates a dual narrative about the erasure of women’s creativity

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer has a peculiar pick for the RPG's "canon experience," a character/class combo that I certainly would have never considered

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