Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

A lot of people are saying that Shakespeare was a great poet. Well, I write greater than him did, or he — whatever — and I ...

On Tuesday, May 6—exactly two years after his coronation ceremony— King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, were on hand in ...

Before the invention of photography, the appearance of famous and historical figures was documented in statues, paintings, engravings, and written sources. However, such depictions aren’t exactly ...

ANALYSIS John Mac Ghlionn via Religion Unplugged William Shakespeare was born on April 23 and died on that same date — a symmetry that feels fated, even divine. That tendency to perceive patterns of ...

His plays are still burned in our cultural memory and performed the world over. But William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the man, ...

The common image of William Shakespeare moving to London and leaving his wife behind in Stratford-upon-Avon might need to be revised following the discovery of a letter in a cathedral archive. William ...

As Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon prepares to host its annual day of celebrations, producer Richard Jordan considers the ongoing – and at times fragile – nature of his legacy ...

A centuries-old belief that William Shakespeare abandoned his wife to pursue a career in London has been challenged by a newly discovered 17th-century letter. For more than 200 years, the ...

And it seems she also has an eye for styling her children, as she opted for a stylish £36 jumper for her son Louis' seventh birthday portrait ... Last year, Prince William, 42, revealed his ...

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested. The wordsmith, it has long been ...

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