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King and Queen Consort fly to Edinburgh as tour of home nations continues

The new monarch is visiting England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales this week.

The Independent UK

From King Charles III to King Lear: what theatre tells us about taking the throne

Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play anticipated a constitutional crisis, while playwrights including Shakespeare and Chekhov have shown how traumatic a transfer of power can be

The Guardian - UK

King Charles 'visibly moved' hearing 'God Save the King' for first time in person

King Charles III receives condolences from Parliament on the death of his mother the Queen - with many royal fans praising His Majesty for showing a 'vulnerable side'

Daily Mirror

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King quotes Shakespeare in moving tribute to Queen in speech to MPs and peers

Later, the Queen will be taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to nearby St Giles’ Cathedral.

The Independent UK

Emotional King Charles pays tribute to 'darling mother' in historic address in Parliament

In a historic statement to both Houses of Parliament from Westminster Hall, King Charles III recalled how Shakespeare described Elizabeth I and said 'I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us'

Daily Mirror

Charles and Camilla sit on thrones for first time as King and Queen - but hers is shorter

King Charles III is receiving the motion of condolence at Westminster Hall today - with Queen Consort Camilla taking her place beside her husband

Daily Mirror

‘She has been the one and only stable female in my life’: Jeanette Winterson on mourning the Queen

‘When I realised there was going to be an announcement about her death, I changed into black and waited. She deserved that. Part of us goes with her’

The Guardian - UK

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‘I think the king is but a man’: why we, like King Charles, always reach for Shakespeare’s words

The new monarch is quick to quote the playwright, but given the bard’s genius with simple language, who wouldn’t?

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history

Toronto film festival: Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave

The Guardian - UK

Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’

The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

The Guardian - UK

John Adams sets Shakespeare's play about love and politics

When composer John Adams decided to base his new work on Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” he was aware that the project might evoke an unhappy chapter in opera history

The Independent UK

Four castles and a cathedral named the top historic Welsh attractions by Which?

The Welsh sites beat other iconic locations like Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace

Wales Online

What Boris Johnson could do next - £115k allowance, Shakespeare book and memoir

Boris Johnson won't slip away quietly as the first real celebrity politician, says one British politics specialist

Daily Mirror

Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally?

The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

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How will history recall the reign of Bad King Boris?

King Lear may have divided the country in two and turned it against itself but perhaps, like the outgoing Tory leader, he ‘got all the big calls right’

The Guardian - UK

What links Ingrid Bergman, Shakespeare and James Lovelock? The Saturday quiz

From June Spencer to wild monkeys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Daily Mirror

Richard III: The RSC creates history with groundbreaking production

Arthur Hughes becomes the first disabled actor ever to perform the lead role as the wicked royal 'crookback' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The Conversation

Five myths about Shakespeare's contribution to the English language

Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status is underpinned by multiple myths – ideas about language that have departed from reality (or what is even plausible). Those myths send us down rabbit holes and make us lose sight of what is truly impressive…

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The Guardian - UK

The Comedy of Errors review – fun and funny but a touch too manic

Director Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare’s tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city

The Guardian - UK

All’s Well That Ends Well review – an uneven take on Shakespeare’s most puzzling play

Jamie Wilkes’s Parolles steals the show in Blanche McIntyre’s unromantic, social media-inflected production

Daily Mirror

All's Well That Ends Well: Shakespeare for the Instagram generation

The Bard's dark 'problem play' is turbo-charged in a thrilling new production that takes it hurtling into the 21st century to give it new relevance

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

The Guardian - UK

‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film

As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson has embraced H.I.T.S. principle

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson believes in H.I.T.S. principle. "Thou who runneth to the ball, good things shall happen." - Shakespeare, probably

Liverpool Echo

Taylor Swift course to be offered at Texas university

The Shake It Off singer’s work will feature alongside literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and Plath

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