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Cultural wellbeing: five shows to see at the start of 2025

Getting out and about to see more plays, shows and galleries may be a good new year resolution

The Guardian - UK

Could monkeys really type the complete works of Shakespeare?

The infinite monkey theorem is a fun thought experiment, but does it actually apply to our finite world?

LiveScience

Sigourney Weaver ‘hates watching scary films’ and tries to avoid seeing them

Weaver was speaking ahead of her West End debut as Prospero in the William Shakespeare play The Tempest.

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‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

The Guardian - UK

Strictly winner Jay McGuiness to star as William Shakespeare in & Juliet

The musical, created by David West Read, is based on what would happen if Juliet decided not to kill herself at the end of the play Romeo And Juliet.

Evening Standard

Films you didn't know were remakes - from iconic romcoms to cult classics

Inspiration can come from the unlikeliest of places, and many of these iconic movies had a little help

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Is AI better than Shakespeare? People resonate better with deepfake poems because they are "more beautiful" and easy to understand: "Because of the way deepfakes are created, you will literally not know what is real and what is fake"

A new study by the University of Pittsburgh reveals that users can't demystify AI-generated deepfakes from authentic work as AI becomes more advanced. Participants misconstrued AI-generated poems for authentic work in 58.5% of the cases and only made the right call 51.7% of the time.

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Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

The Guardian - US

Best historical fiction books of 2024, from Robert Harris to Colm Tóibín

THE LIST: Transport yourself back to a bygone era with Katie Rosseinsky’s guide to the best historical fiction releases of the year

The Independent UK

Albo’s big education spend

The prime minister appears to have started his reelection campaign with three big education announcements, and the US election is still far too close to call.

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Bill Nighy: I stole complete works of Shakespeare to help me get into drama school

Actor says he took books after applying to acting school to impress a girl, but he now refuses to perform in Bard’s plays

The Guardian - UK

Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare’s entire works, study finds

It challenges the long-held theory that monkeys pressing keys at random on a typewriter would eventually be able to reproduce the famous texts.

Evening Standard

Bill Nighy says he stole ‘complete works of Shakespeare’ from a library

The star said he applied for drama school to impress a girl.

Evening Standard

Karl Pilkington ‘vindicated’ as study ‘reveals’ whether monkeys can actually type Shakespeare

Looks like Ricky Gervais owes Pilkington an apology...

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Mathematicians have spoken: Monkeys will never be able to write Shakespeare

The universe will end long before the monkey can type ‘all but the most trivial of phrases’, mathematicians say of the famed Infinite Monkeys Theorem

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

Evening Standard

What is Boris Johnson doing now? Former PM gave 'manly pep talk' to encourage Prince Harry to stay

In his about-to-be-published memoir, Johnson says he was ‘made’ to try to persuade Harry and Meghan not to leave the UK

The Independent UK

Trump quotes Shakespeare at rally (but gets it wrong) and says he has bigger crowds than Churchill

The former president was quick to compare crowd sizes – something he has been mercilessly ridiculed for fixating on over the course of his presidential campaign

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Romeo and Juliet as you've never seen it before

The new show by HER Productions is full of surprises

The Guardian - UK

David Edgar: ‘If you can only think yourself into the shoes you’re wearing it makes creating fiction impossible’

With two new plays opening this autumn, the veteran playwright talks about the risks of writing about real events and the threats to leftwing drama and politics

The Guardian - UK

From Salt-N-Pepa to Romeo and Juliet: how rap sparked Sam White’s passion for Shakespeare

The US director draws upon a fight at her Detroit school, her love of opera and hiphop, and her time as a standup to deliver a fleet-footed version of the star-crossed lovers’ tragedy

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Archway Linked To Shakespeare Discovered In UK's Oldest Theater

Exciting discovery of a possible Shakespearean doorway at St. George's Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk, unveils historical connections to the renowned pl...

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Archaeologists uncover ‘Shakespeare’ doorway in Norfolk theatre

Archway in St George’s Guildhall probably led to dressing room used by Bard and visiting players when in King’s Lynn

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson yet to appear on GB News 10 months after being signed up as a presenter

The former PM, working on his memoirs, has still not hosted a programme for the right-leaning channel – and his publisher awaits book slated for a 2016 release

The Guardian - UK

Something Rotten! is a riotous Shakespeare musical ripe for the West End

With catchy tunes and endless zingers, this hit comedy is finally on a London stage but only for two nights. When will it get a full run? That is the question …

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