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Former Labour MP tells how Shakespeare helped him to speak again after stroke

Jonathan Ashworth originally feared he might never talk again

The Independent UK

Warmonger, Expansionist, Freedom Crusher: Donald Trump is just like other US presidents – except for one thing

But perhaps the key to understanding why Trump behaves the way he does is because of where he sits. Trump, the former real estate developer, views the world as property. Gaza? A premium property just waiting to be rid of war. Greenland rich in resources that can help America. Venezuela?…

The Times of India

Jack White: ‘I’m not going to put a painful thing out there for some idiot on the internet to stomp all over’

As a new book of his lyrics, poems and selected musings is published, the White Stripes’ singer, songwriter and general guitar hero reflects on poetry, politics and why writing a song is like reupholstering a chair

The Guardian - UK

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Beware the IVES of March: Why This Rookie ETF May Be a Shakespearean Tragedy in the Making

I warned investors about the IVES ETF in September, and I feel no differently today. Here's why investors should avoid this AI fund.

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The RSC’s music cuts fundamentally diminish our experience of theatre

From Mendelssohn’s scherzo in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Grieg’s Morning Mood from Peer Gynt, music composed for the theatre was never just ‘incidental’

The Guardian - UK

Amanda Seyfried nails bits of the 1700s Manchester accent in The Testament of Ann Lee – a linguist explains how we know

Imagine time-travelling to Manchester, England in the late 1700s. What do you think people would sound like?

The Conversation

Dame Harriet Walter to star in all-female production of Julius Caesar for RSC

The play will be part of a new season of shows, which includes an all-male production of As You Like It starring Jonathan Groff.

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Judi Dench affectionately described as a ‘mischief maker’ by former co-star

‘If you ever just want to just hear something short, listen to Judi Dench read a Shakespeare sonnet, just find one on YouTube, and it will move you to tears’

The Independent UK

Mogging, Clavicular & The Manosphere: The Sinister Origins Of The Internet’s New Buzzword

Heard of hairmogging? What about looksmaxxing? Strap in, we’ve reached peak brain rot.

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The story behind Deep Azure: 'Chadwick Boseman was just brilliant'

Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure has come to Shakespeare’s Globe for a highly anticipated run. Here is the moving tale behind it, by the director, Boseman’s family and the mother of the tragic student who is the subject of the play

Evening Standard

Game of Thrones prequel to be staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company

‘Game of Thrones: The Mad King’ will premiere at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this summer

The Independent UK

Game Of Thrones to be adapted for theatre by Royal Shakespeare Company

The critically acclaimed series will take the stage in Stratford-upon-Avon later this year.

Evening Standard

‘Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel

Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is ‘obvious choice’ to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring

The Guardian - UK

Deep Azure review – musical marvels in Chadwick Boseman’s hip-hop tragedy

The Black Panther actor’s melding of social commentary and Shakespearean themes is sometimes opaque yet undeniably poetic

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O’Romeo review – Bollywood Shakespeare takes dive into grisly mafia queens territory

After hit takes on Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet, Vishal Bhardwaj’s Romeo and Juliet adaptation sees dead-eyed lovers drag one another to gutter and grave

The Independent UK

Renowned Shakespearean actor voices doubts over Oscar frontrunner Hamnet

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Shakespeare expert Ian McKellen brands Hamnet ‘improbable’ fiction: ‘I don’t quite get it’

‘I’m not very interested in trying to work out where Shakespeare’s imagination came from, but it certainly didn’t just come from family life,’ the British thespian said

The Mary Sue

‘Hamlet’ Review: A Smart Adaptation That Sparks but Doesn’t Catch

South Asians love adding a bit of subcontinental flavor to everything. It’s mostly food and drink we do this to, like mixing baked beans with diced onions and cumin seeds, or spicing tea with cinnamon and fennel and cardamom. But now Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed has injected some spice…

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Is this love? Don’t be Heathcliff and Cathy – what you should watch, read and play this week

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a loose (very loose) adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel. The film is, as the director has attested, the intense, “unhinged”, gothic story she remembers reading as a 14-year-old. As such, it is full of imagined passages and heightened romance and violence. It’s truly Fennellian in…

Euronews

The iconic British Pullman just unveiled a new Baz Luhrmann-designed events space on board

Luhrmann, who worked in collaboration with costume and production designer Catherine Martin, took inspiration from the British countryside and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the interiors.

Times Life

Chanakya Niti: 5 Traits of a Woman No Man Can Forget or Replace

Let’s start with a moment of silence. For the version of you who: Checked his “last seen” like it was a weather update. Replayed a 3-word text 19 times. Sent “?” because he didn’t reply in 27 minutes. Started planning wedding hashtags because he said “you’re different.” We’ve all been…

The Times of India

Ian McKellen drops 400-year-old Shakespeare play to address US immigration debate

Actor Ian McKellen performed a Shakespearean monologue on immigration. He linked current events to historical anti-immigrant feelings. McKellen emphasized the humanity of immigrants. Other artists also spoke out against US immigration policies. Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga criticized ICE. McKellen's performance focused attention on immigration struggles.

The Guardian - UK

Don’t betray your own heart: why the world needs grand love stories like “Wuthering Heights”

From Greek tragedy to Emily Brontë, epic romances are part of the human condition – and when imagined as films, we crave them again and again

The Conversation

Riz Ahmed’s British south-Asian Hamlet is a moody tale of grief and shady family business

For Shakespeare’s Hamlet “the world is out of joint”. In screen writer Michael Lesslie’s collage of Shakespeare’s play, directed by Aneil Karia, Riz Ahmed’s intense, grief-wrecked Hamlet pays a high price as he tries to “set it right” in a corrupt corporate world.

The Guardian - UK

Trigger warnings risk ‘mollycoddling’ theatre audiences, says Tony-winning director

Exclusive: John Doyle says theatre should be able to disturb and challenge audiences, and not sanitise difficult themes

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