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Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz insist they’re not playing themselves in Hamlet Camp – where actors go to recover not from drugs or sex, but Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s fleet-footed romance is somewhat constrained by Prasanna Puwanarajah’s direction, yet there are memorable moments

The historian on taking the social pulse of the nation in his new TV series, why we’re such word addicts, and his fear that the needle in the US is moving towards red

Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others

In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel “All Fours,” Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and emotional midlife changes” with several women close to her.

Saying sorry to inanimate objects, mastering the art of queueing, Shakespeare, and a classic serving of fish and chips—yes, it’s peak Britishness we’re celebrating today. The post From Bins To Biscuits, Here Are 40 Times People Caught The UK Being Unapologetically British (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance

From Thom Yorke’s Shakespearean score to 25 years of Tate Modern, Bridget Jones to Leigh Bowery, our writers anticipate the most exciting shows, releases and events of the year

Exclusive: Urgent action is required to save a leading theatre company at risk of closure as a result of Brexit, the prime minister has been warned

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Editorial: Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon alive