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The Tempest review – drama in the heavens adds real magic to tumultuous tale

This outdoor offering, part homage and part reimagining of Shakespeare’s text, has visual spectacle, a magnificent score and a cast undeterred by an actual storm

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Pupils at King’s former school perform Shakespeare at home where he stayed

Local people enjoyed free performances of The Tempest.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

'Final Fantasy Tactics' Creator Asks Whether Those Who Fail Can Become Happy

In an exclusive interview, Inverse talks to Final Fantasy Tactics' creator and the remaster's director about the game's legacy, present, and future.

Inverse · Jun 21, 2025

Ngũgi wa Thiong’o and the African literary revolution

The passing of celebrated Kenyan writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on 28 May 2025 marks the end of a remarkable period in African literary history – the fabulous decades in the second half of the 20th century when African writers came to command the world stage.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2025

Jim Royle’s take on Tracey Emin ‘masterpiece’

Brief letters: Art review | ‘Worser’ in Shakespeare | Youth hostelling | Driverless taxis | Egregious Americanism | Outage outrage

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025

Juliet and Romeo strains to be meaningful but never earns its emotional crescendos

The new musical film Juliet and Romeo arrives on screen with lavish visuals, saccharine pop songs and a reworked Shakespearean plot that tries to dazzle. With its vivid colour palette and dreamy masquerade aesthetic, this is Verona as filtered through a Eurovision lens: glittering, melodramatic and frequently overwrought.

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025

Juliet & Romeo review – Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs cameo in syrupy Shakespeare musical

With bare-faced cheek, this bardless take replaces all the original language with olden-days-effect prose – adding singing, dancing and a pointlessly starry cast

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

Minding our language on the use of Americanisms

Letters: Readers share their views on the evolution of the English language, in response to an article by Elisabeth Ribbans on the use of ‘gotten’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

My cultural awakening: a shock at a Shakespeare production made me quit the bank for theatre

Seeing the RSC’s breathtaking 1978 production of The Taming of the Shrew showed how a working-class boy like me could get into theatre

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

32 Unhinged Analogies That Explain Complex Medical Problems With Ridiculous Clarity

If only Shakespeare could read these.

Bored Panda · Jun 7, 2025