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To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, filmmaker Jack Jewers sent a portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech

Far from the doom and gloom predicted, the Square Mile continues to hold appeal for visitors and workers alike, Chris Hayward writes.

Mendelssohn’s music accompanied by live theatrical narration of Shakespeare’s poetry will transport us to Shakespeare’s fantastical world of fairies and magic spells, with puckish strings, chattering woodwinds, and brassy fanfares. Principal Guest Conductor Jun Märkl leads this enchanting work alongside Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration — an electrifying musical poem exploring the spiritual journey of passing lives. Learn...

We discover the mystery and genius of the English playwright, whose works still inspire

Settle down in a comfy chair with some of the week’s best longreads.

Turns out, we all do. In the age of book bans and digital technology, a case for why we should love libraries more than ever.

Cheyenne and Laramie County

LAHORE:Punjab University’s Urdu Development and Translation Centre organised a seminar on ‘Shakespeare and Urdu literature’.On this occasion, Prof Dr Shahab Yar Khan from Bosnia...

This week, Kathryn Flett is impressed by BBC2s Shakespeare: Rise Of A Genius, which was created to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeares First Folio.

AN Wilson: The Bard lives every time his plays are performed but even when theatres are closed he continues to dazzle on the page