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Certain trees, such as oaks, hold onto their leaves through a little-understood quality known as marcescence.

Find from 16th century uncovered in building of £750m complex of 412 apartments now renamed the Stage

The veteran actor’s pragmatism, generosity and wit are to the fore in these reflections on her career – and there’s plenty of room for rude anecdotes

In his ambitious and richly orchestrated 2022 opera, the American composer makes Shakespeare his own, with a star cast to match

The comedy crackles in Chicago Shakespeare’s take on the bard’s zany love triangle

The new play will debut at The Street Theatre on November 10.

Boris Johnson’s former adviser gave in-person and written evidence – here are some of his most startling claims

The veteran actor read Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnet 29’ from memory in dramatic fashion

The latest production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features Mathew Baynton in what the actor calls ‘an absolute treat of a role’

The poet laureate, who died a quarter of a century ago today, believed his Shakespeare fixation was almost fatal; his first wife, Sylvia Plath, was certainly the Titania to his Oberon. With his almost psychic connection to nature and a charisma so powerful that even the Queen was rumoured to…

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