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Brave new world for US Shakespeare library as it displays its 82 First Folios

Folger library in Washington has single biggest collection of world’s 235 surviving copies – until now kept hidden in a vault

The Guardian - US

Giuliani Faces 8M Verdict, Georgia Criminal Trial

Giuliani's grim fall from grace continues with a 8 million defamation verdict and looming criminal charges. Upended by legal battles and financial woes.

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Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

The Guardian - AU

Eddie Izzard returns to New York for a version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' with just one actor onstage

Eddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of “Hamlet.”

The Independent UK

Teacher Refuses To Call Girl By The Name She’s Been Using For 3 Years, Parent Asks For Advice

The great William Shakespeare once asked, "What's in a name?" A lot, as it turns out—especially if you don't like it.

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The Crown gets it right – every waning TV show should have a ghost in it

Netflix’s royal smash has sparked criticism for scenes involving a Princess Diana apparition sharing words of wisdom from the great beyond. But these ghost-averse detractors are missing the point, writes Adam White. So much modern, earthbound TV would be better off if they suddenly became supernatural

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A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

Evening Standard

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Other lives: Primary school teacher with a lifelong devotion to the works of William Shakespeare

The Guardian - UK

All of Shakespeare in under two hours

Three Players will run through all 37 of the Bard's plays.

The Canberra Times

From Nabokov to Miffy: Liu Ye on his cultural references

Artist Liu Ye tells us what inspires him, as his exhibition ‘Naive and Sentimental Painting’ is on show in London

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Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings

Former adviser tells inquiry of ‘low point’ in pandemic response, saying then-PM was ‘extremely distracted’

The Guardian - UK

Johnson ‘asked Whitty and Vallance if special hair dryer could kill Covid’

Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser, made a series of claims in his witness statement handed to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK

Dominic Cummings: Boris Johnson said 'British state had totally failed'

FORMER prime minister Boris Johnson asked scientists if it was possible to kill Covid by blowing a hairdryer up your nose after watching a YouTube…

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Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies

The theatrical world has lost a giant

The Canberra Times

Five things to do in Canberra this weekend

There's two Shakespeare interpretations, plus the Wharf Revue and a country music tribute.

Evening Standard

Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre review: a solid, elegant take on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller

Initially slow, the show about Shakespeare and his family weaves a beguiling narrative web around the creation of life and art

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Australian theatre companies are shunning Shakespeare. A much-needed break, or a mistake?

A decade ago, William Shakespeare was the most performed playwright in Australia. In 2024 not one mainstage theatre company in Australia will perform Shakespeare. The only exception will be Bell Shakespeare.

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Haters gonna hate … but stars like Taylor Swift can help to make literature pop

I teach the megastar’s lyrics. Adding contemporary material to school curriculums won’t dumb down – it will inspire, says academic Elly McCausland

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Ravens players hilariously failed at guessing what quotes came from Marlon Humphrey or Shakespeare

Who said it: Marlon Humphrey or William Shakespeare?

The Guardian - UK

Animal music, broken bridges and amazing shoe designs – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Canberra Times

Celebrating love in all its forms

Director Heather Fairbairn wanted a real sense of melancholy.

The Hindu

Bengaluru | Senior Kannada journalist G.N. Ranganatha Rao passes away

G.N. Ranganatha Rao, 81, passed away in Bengaluru on Oct 9. He was a senior journalist, writer and translator. He wrote books on journalism, short stories, novels, satires, criticism, and poetry. He translated works of William Shakespeare, D.H. Lawrence, Franz Kafka, O'Henry, and Ramachandra Guha into Kannada.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Global temperatures soared to new record in September

Scientists are stunned by the hottest September on record; plus, the world’s third most powerful wind gust

The Guardian - UK

Boards trodden by Shakespeare found under floor of Norfolk guildhall

Oak floorboards discovered at St George’s Guildhall, King’s Lynn, believed to be only surviving stage from Shakespeare’s time

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