The Latest Breaking News from Henry V

Some say Shakespeare invented the “history play” – but he had a lot of help.

Shakespeare’s Henry V (stylised by Bell Shakespeare as Henry 5) is famous for many things. Henry’s rousing speeches. Its chorus directly addressing the audience. Its critical treatment of war. Its comic characters like Fluellen. And the comic exchanges between the French Princess and her maid Alice, trying to speak English.

Jude Law still has many more theatre roles he would like to take on before he bows out.

Ahead of his transformation into an ageing, smelly Henry VIII in new film Firebrand, the twice Oscar-nominated actor is answering your questions

A lively new study of the warrior king by Dan Jones; a wartime espionage thriller from Jane Thynne; and an engaging novel about Byron’s spurned mistress

Archaeologists and amateurs armed with metal detectors have discovered previous hoards from centuries past.

It's England v France in Henry V at Viking Park.

Whether it's to hype up a sports team, or inspire themselves, a good speech can make a decent movie great and a bad movie good.

Watch Mike Birbiglia’s hit comedy about mortality, Colm and Brenda Meaney in Enda Walsh’s two-hander or choose from a flock of Swan Lakes