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Steve Coogan discusses "The Lost King"

Salon talks to the comic and writer about his latest effort, a tribute to the woman who found Richard III's remains

Salon

Ben Jonson work from 1603 may contain ‘lost’ Shakespeare sonnet, say experts

Exclusive: To the Deserving Author, found in the playbook of Jonson’s Sejanus: His Fall, is signed by ‘Cygnus’

The Guardian - UK

The Kurdish Romeo and Juliet, the legend of Mem and Zin throughout the ages

Mem and Zin is considered the masterpiece of the Kurdish epics, writes Şeyhmus Çakırtaş

The Independent UK

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Imagine a time when Shakespeare played a very second fiddle to Ben Jonson

Richard Cohen’s Making History returned me to the childhood ecstasy of leafing through my first encyclopaedia

The Guardian - UK

Surviving copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio to go on show

Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published

The Guardian - UK

The Ides of March and perils of power

This Wednesday will be the 74th day of the year, which admittedly doesn't sound like something to get too excited about. But it is not just any old day. Known in Roman times as the "Ides of March" the 15th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in…

Bangkok Post

& Juliet review – queer joy and pop delirium as Shakespeare gets a Max Martin makeover

Featuring the songs of Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and beyond, the Australian premiere of the global hit drew multiple ovations (and a few singalongs)

The Guardian - AU

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6 books compete for nonfiction 'winner of winners' prize

Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world’s most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize

The Independent UK

The Inspiration Of William Shakespeare From Student Theatre And Shaping Of Academic Literature

Shakespeare used this to inspire some of his most famous characters such as Hamlet and Macbeth and how his work shaped literature.

Zenger

In Britain, ‘Warm Hubs’ Emerge to Beat Soaring Energy Costs

On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare’s birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge.

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs

Thousands of warm hubs have sprouted across Britain as high energy bills fuel a cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

Auto review: An overdue return of an old friend: the 2023 Acura Integra

In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare argued, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”

Tribune News Service

‘Theatre and pop at its absolute excess’: William Shakespeare meets Britney Spears as & Juliet comes to Australia

The feelgood, feminist retelling of Romeo & Juliet, with songs from Spears, Katy Perry and Bon Jovi, is coming to Melbourne, confetti cannons and all

The Guardian - AU

Review: Emilia staged by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School at Circomedia

What is fact and what is fiction in Sally Cookson's powerful production about one of the nation's first professional female poets is irrelevant, as an immensely talented cast put on a blistering performance

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Wales Online

Man finds God in a cupboard

"My very Christian friend came to see me, we chatted for half an hour, and then five minutes later I discovered the face of Jesus in a kitchen unit"

The Conversation

'Reade him, therefore; and againe, and againe'. It's the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, a monumental project put together by his friends

Shakespeare’s First Folio – more accurately known as Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, Tragedies – was published 400 years ago this November.

Daily Mirror

Carpenter urged to turn shop into shrine after finding face of JESUS in kitchen cupboard

Carpenter Mat Askham was left in shock after seeing the image of Jesus's face in some wood he was using to build a cupboard, with friends telling him to turn the shop into a shrine

The National (Scotland)

Rare Shakespeare books to go on display across Scotland

THREE copies of the first printed edition of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on display in Scotland to mark 400 years since it was first…

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The Independent UK

Copies of first printed Shakespeare plays go on display for 400th anniversary

The First Folio was first published in 1623.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s more lucrative pursuits keep his Shakespeare book on back burner

The ex-PM’s long-promised tome of the Bard looks set to be delayed again after he receives huge advances for his political diaries and public speaking

Belfast Live

Things to do in Belfast to celebrate Valentine's Day this year

Treat that someone special in your life with a night out in the city they'll never forget

Manchester Evening News

The iconic 'haunted' Manchester pub originally built in another city

The historic pub was located 40 miles away for over 270 years

The Guardian - UK

An unusual arrest, a very old dog and a dead woodchuck – take the Thursday quiz

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

Daily Mirror

Woman spots perfect William Shakespeare image in her ceiling light which can't be unseen

Rebecca Manville, 41, was shocked after spotting a head and shoulders of William Shakespeare in a ceiling light in her home - and many of her friends could see it too.

Wales Online

Woman spots 'image of Shakespeare' in her ceiling light

Rebecca Manville couldn't quite think who it was at first

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