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Shakespeare fans will have to pay to enter the courtyard for the first time

The actor has said she is increasingly facing problems with her memory as well as failing eyesight, struggling to remember appointments or see faces

Lately, life feels a bit too serious, doesn’t it?Bills, work, deadlines, errands, decisions - it all piles up faster than we’d like. So here’s a little break from all that: a quiz made entirely of strange, useless, and wonderfully pointless facts. From Shakespeare’s dad’s odd job to the speed of…

From city rooftops to seafront winter wonderlands, these are some of the best places to slide into Christmas

Shakespeare said, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” He was right. Lending money to a friend is a noble gesture that often ends in disaster. You want to help, but money changes dynamics.

4/5 This winter-set spin on the play brings a fairy tale dark edge to proceedings with unnerving effect

Oh, I get it now!

Hanging around backstage while their chances to play Brutus and Cassius fade, two unnamed actors start to act out their own drama

After getting dropped by a major label, the Leonard Cohen-influenced south Londoner kept going, and has now won fans in Rosalía, Sabrina Carpenter and more. But writing for the Bard is best of all, he says