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Winnie the Pooh horror film sees Pooh and Piglet kill and eat Eeyore as characters enter Public Domain

Thanks to A.A. Milne's copyright ending at the start of this year, Pooh and Piglet are now on a murderous rampage

Bristol Post

UK’s ‘strictest headmistress’ fears schools will stop teaching Shakespeare

Katharine Birbalsingh says move to decolonise English curriculum could mean Shakespeare replaced with black and female authors

The Guardian - UK

Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England

More than 500 larvae already set free in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of project to revive declining species

The Guardian - UK

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The Scottish playwright reassessing the Bard and mental health

HOW would you diagnose Shakespeare’s characters today? Is Ophelia being “divided from herself and her fair judgement” really PTSD from her…

The National (Scotland)

Upstart Crow is back at the Apollo theatre for 2022 – how to get tickets

The Peep Show star will appear as William Shakespeare once again

The Independent UK

Shakespeare’s tragic twins memorialised in the Bard’s resting place

Maggie O’Farrell will place rosemary at Stratford grave to honour the lost boy who inspired her novel Hamnet

The Guardian - UK

New evidence suggests Shakespeare may have stolen the plot of Cymbeline

Notes from a 1533 book put Sir Thomas North in the frame for one of the bard’s later plays

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St George's Day 2022: He wasn't England's first patron saint and 8 other facts

He wasn't English, never visited England and wasn't even the country's first patron saint, so who was St George? We reveal all

Chronicle Live

National Shakespeare Day: When was William Shakespeare born and when did he die?

Shakespeare is celebrated annually on April 23--the anniversary of both his birth and death

Evening Standard

Jerry Zezima: The sound of joking

At the risk of plagiarizing William Shakespeare, whose relatives can’t take me to court because he wanted to kill all the lawyers, I implore friends, Romans, countrymen and anybody who is not on the phone: Lend me your ears.

Tribune News Service

David Tennant to play Macbeth in new radio drama

He will be joined by Daniela Nardini as Lady Macbeth, Stuart McQuarrie as Banquo, and Alec Newman as Macduff.

The Independent UK

History is made: 10 new UK attractions for day trips and short breaks

From a Merseyside Shakespeare theatre to a Vagina Museum in east London, here are brand new or revamped visitor attractions to check out this year

The Guardian - UK

Lynn Schmidt: Standing for values instead of personalities

William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” etched in the minds of people the world around the famous phrase, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Shakespeare was making the point that calling someone or labeling something is arbitrary.…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Iconic portrait exhibition lands in Aust

An exhibition of iconic pictures from London's National Portrait Gallery has opened in Canberra.

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National Portrait Gallery's Shakespeare to Winehouse exhibition 'an absolutely fantastic opportunity' to see some of Britain's best art

If you've ever wanted to gaze into Ed Sheeran's eyes, see how the Bronte Sisters looked according to their brother or be in the same room as Malala Yousafzai, now is your chance.

The Canberra Times

Portraits of humanity, from Queen Elizabeth to tragic Amy Winehouse

From queens to pop gods, and everyone in between, the next blockbuster at the National Portrait Gallery will have us all musing on the meaning of fame.

Liverpool Echo

Hidden landmarks you walk past every day in quiet Merseyside town

13 have already been installed, with another coming soon

Daily Mirror

Masked Singer fans 'no doubt' identity of Rockhopper - and it's a Destiny's Child star

The Masked Singer UK viewers were left convinced on Saturday night that Rockhopper was Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams - after "all the clues" seemed to point in her direction

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