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Ian McKellen shares health update after falling off stage and being taken to hospital

Sir Ian is currently playing John Falstaff in ‘Player Kings’ – a production of William Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ parts one and two

The Independent UK

Ian Mckellen Expected To Fully Recover After Stage Fall

Renowned actor Ian McKellen, 85, falls off stage during performance but expected to fully recover and resume role in Shakespearean play.

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King Charles III's Old School Goes On Charm Offensive

Facilities at Gordonstoun School in northeast Scotland include a climbing wall, rifle range and a five-hole golf course, while pupils can even avail themselves of bagpipe lessons.

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Staying in town for the long weekend? Here's a few things to do

From the Brumbies' quarter final to theatre shows and plenty of cheese.

The Canberra Times

Could The Beatles become famous today?

"The number of amazing people who could be spectacularly successful, is really, really high," Sunstein says

Salon

32 of the most heart-warming royal childhood photos, from happy siblings to the young Princess who would be Queen

They might grow up on the world stage, but these photos prove plenty of royals have relatable, sweet childhood memories

Woman & Home

Much Ado About Nothing review – frothy fun to please the purists

There’s no whiff of stuffiness in a Sean Holmes production characterised by warm summer euphoria, Elizabethan-era magic and entrancing music

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Shakespeare’s Sisters by Ramie Targoff review – four women who wrote the Renaissance

This lively, accessible insight into four female writers in Elizabethan and Jacobean England explores the complex political, patriarchal and religious backdrop to their lives

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare played jealous husband in 1598 Ben Jonson drama, scholar’s analysis finds

Exclusive: lecturer finds ‘striking similarities’ between lines in Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour and later Shakespeare works

The Guardian - UK

Dolly covers, Scottish kings and a chocolate surplus – take the Thursday quiz

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

The Guardian - UK

A new Kobe Bryant statue has multiple errors. It's not the first memorial with typos

Officials say they will correct the misspellings on a recent 19-foot bronze statue of the late Kobe Bryant at Crypto.com Arena. Several other prominent monuments have had similar issues.

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Our guide to the best Shakespeare film adaptations of all time, from Hamlet to Macbeth

More than four centuries later and we still can’t get enough of Shakespeare’s thrilling, tortuous plots

Evening Standard

Unlucky in love: statue of Shakespeare’s Juliet in Verona damaged by tourists

Visitors joining in tradition of touching breast of artwork to bring them fortune in relationships have worn hole in it

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare’s father’s fine made a mountain out of a muckhill

Letters: Nic Madge on manorial courts of the past and their propensity for issuing fines; plus June Perry on the respectable ‘dungheaps’ left by gentlemen

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UoH former English professor S. Viswanathan passes away

Former UoH professor Subrahmanyam Viswanathan, known for his scholarship on Shakespeare, passed away at 91 in Chennai.

The Guardian - UK

Shakespeare expert overturns fly-tipper myth about playwright’s father

Exclusive: John Shakespeare’s muckhill fine in 1552 was a waste disposal toll rather than a punishment, researcher says

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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 Independent UK

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.”

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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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