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Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t want to be Bubbly Bonnie Langford for ever’ – the star relives her career highs and lows

In showbiz since the age of six, and still high-kicking at 59, the screen and stage sensation looks back on her biggest moments – from Cats to Doctor Who to the ‘madness’ of The Masked Dancer

The Guardian - UK

‘This is not a Trumpy, conservative education’: Florida’s controversial new SAT alternative

Will the Classic Learning Test bring ‘truth and beauty’ back into education – or is it fueling Ron DeSantis’s extremist agenda?

The Guardian - US

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Compositor E review – traumatised typesetter leaves inky fingerprints all over Shakespeare

Charlie Dupré’s Bruntwood prize longlisted play asks thoughtful questions about who gets to shape history, but lacks a level of intrigue and emotional depth to address them fully

The Guardian - UK

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation

Graham Billing obituary

Other Lives: Teacher who was a central figure in his local cultural community, as well as a translator for many arts-based societies

The Guardian - UK

Bell chimes in with a Succession plan fit for a king

Bell Shakespeare is staging its first production of the Bard's classic play King Lear in 13 years, as part of its 2024 season.

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‘Generative AI is not yet an automation technology’, say Oxford experts

Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne revisit their decade-old predictions about jobs being automated.

Fortune

What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

The Guardian - UK

A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

The Conversation

Choose Irvine Welsh: new documentary explores the life of Scotland's 'urban Shakespeare'

On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about the life, writing and cultural impact of…

The Conversation

‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict

The Guardian - UK

How linguists are unlocking the meanings of Shakespeare’s words using numbers

Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? But in Shakespeare’s time, “bastard” was a technical term describing certain plants.

The Conversation

How many marks out of 10 does Charles deserve after his first year on the throne?

Let’s see: he has brought Andrew back into public life, managed to grow his hair longer and, er…

The Guardian - UK

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As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe review: not always subtle, but consistently delightful

The Globe’s now-habitual gender-fluid approach to casting chimes perfectly with this story of disguise and confusion

The Guardian - UK

The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality review – rowdy circus riff on Romeo and Juliet

The enthralling Canadian company offer up a fast-paced but often jarring show that treats Shakespeare like the Super Bowl

The Guardian - UK

Starry Shakespeare, super standups and a Black Sabbath ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2023

Patsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on stage

The Guardian - UK

James Rowland: Piece of Work review – an affecting account of fathers, sons and Shakespeare

Rowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words

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The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh fringe 2023 week two roundup: to the stars – via Essex

A dazzling drama about women slipping the surly bonds of male-dominated Nasa joins Essex poetry, New York silliness and Lorna Rose Treen’s laugh-fest as second-week treats

Marie Claire

You can now study a Taylor Swift-inspired literature course at university

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Cinemablend

21 Movie Romances That Ended Up In Some Really Dark Places

Not every romance starts on film with a meet-cute and ends with everyone living happily ever after. Some relationships get really disturbing.

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet review – more compelling than ever

Set in an asylum, the choreographer’s bleak yet passionate adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic romance triumphs in a newly honed revival

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Ron DeSantis, Shakespeare and sex: ‘Man, proud man… Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d’

Application of the Florida governor’s ‘don’t say gay’ law has led to the banning of plays such as Romeo and Juliet in some schools

Salon

GOP creates a back to school nightmare

The confusion is the point: Educators can't figure out what's allowed, and are forced to give up teaching entirely

The Guardian - UK

Andronicus Synecdoche review – Shakespeare as gruesome gothic opera

Polish company Song of the Goat strip Titus Andronicus back to tell a brutal tale of postwar violence, betrayal and revenge

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