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Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally?

The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

The Guardian - UK

How will history recall the reign of Bad King Boris?

King Lear may have divided the country in two and turned it against itself but perhaps, like the outgoing Tory leader, he ‘got all the big calls right’

The Guardian - UK

What links Ingrid Bergman, Shakespeare and James Lovelock? The Saturday quiz

From June Spencer to wild monkeys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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Richard III: The RSC creates history with groundbreaking production

Arthur Hughes becomes the first disabled actor ever to perform the lead role as the wicked royal 'crookback' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Daily Mirror

Five myths about Shakespeare's contribution to the English language

Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status is underpinned by multiple myths – ideas about language that have departed from reality (or what is even plausible). Those myths send us down rabbit holes and make us lose sight of what is truly impressive…

The Conversation

The Comedy of Errors review – fun and funny but a touch too manic

Director Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare’s tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city

The Guardian - UK

All’s Well That Ends Well review – an uneven take on Shakespeare’s most puzzling play

Jamie Wilkes’s Parolles steals the show in Blanche McIntyre’s unromantic, social media-inflected production

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All's Well That Ends Well: Shakespeare for the Instagram generation

The Bard's dark 'problem play' is turbo-charged in a thrilling new production that takes it hurtling into the 21st century to give it new relevance

Daily Mirror

Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

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‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film

As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch

The Guardian - UK

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson has embraced H.I.T.S. principle

Bears CB Jaylon Johnson believes in H.I.T.S. principle. "Thou who runneth to the ball, good things shall happen." - Shakespeare, probably

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Taylor Swift course to be offered at Texas university

The Shake It Off singer’s work will feature alongside literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and Plath

Liverpool Echo

The lure of studying Stem subjects in times of crisis

Letter: Stefan Hawlin says earning a living is being prioritised over understanding the deep philosophical and spiritual questions of life

The Guardian - UK

Number 96 turns 50: the mayhem and mishaps behind Australia’s trailblazing soap

For five nights a week in the 1970s, the show brought nudity, plot twists and progressive politics to primetime. Its stars remember how it was made

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21 pub quiz questions to test your general knowledge - August 19

How many can you get right without peeking at the answers?

The Independent UK

Top 35 literary locations in the UK as voted by readers

A study of 2,000 literary lovers has revealed the top 35 places to see in the UK, which have been made famous by the books they rate the most

The National (Scotland)

This is real reason Joan of Arc they/them play has anti-trans lobby in a froth

ONE of the strangest things I experienced while on furlough during the pandemic was the odd way that time moved. Lockdown was such a black hole of…

Evening Standard

Joan of Arc to be made non-binary in new Globe production

The historical figure is known for leading the French in battles against English soldiers in the Hundred Years War

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Liverpool Echo

'Underrated' Merseyside town that 'lives up to the hype'

"It really does deserve more recognition."

The Independent UK

Joan of Arc to be made a non-binary character in new Globe production

Theatre bosses say the play, I, Joan, will ‘offer the possibility of another point of view’ when it arrives later this month.

The Guardian - UK

Boris the Third review – the greased-piglet antics of a schoolboy PM

Adam Meggido’s play finds the teenage Johnson starring in Shakespeare’s tragedy and gives a taste of his future leadership

Liverpool Echo

MTV Are You The One's Therese Mullighan gives inside scoop on villa

'It did not take us long to get stuck in with each other after the first truth or dare'

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d crawl over broken glass to work here’: CBeebies take on Shakespeare

The BBC kids’ channel is known for its wit, invention and credo of inclusivity – but can its take on As You Like It captivate children? Just throw in a property developer baddie and some non-binary casting …

The National (Scotland)

Exit Boris, stage right: The Fringe show relevant now more than ever

IMAGINE the scene: a theatre at Eton College, an expectant audience awaits a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, and, playing the titular,…

The Guardian - UK

Being cheerful on the outside can help you – and others – feel it on the inside

Cheerfulness can boost your energy levels, even in tough times – as philosophers and writers have long recognised, writes Donna Ferguson

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