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There is nothing to lose and plenty to gain in teaching Swift’s Midnights and Shakespeare’s Sonnets together. There’s no dumbing-down, and no need for reductive assertions about who is “better”.

Premieres Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2. Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost. Tracing the First Folio’s story, the film also spotlights how New York City’s Public Theater presents Shakespeare’s work for today’s audiences.

Shakespeare wrote his plays to be performed. The First Folio has enabled that, in big ways and small

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but this one caught my eye. Despite his status as arguably the most revered English writer in history, the evidence of his authorship is scant. Over the years, many have questioned the truth behind Shakespeare’s origins. Mark Twain once asserted, “So far as anybody actually knows and can prove,…

I teach the megastar’s lyrics. Adding contemporary material to school curriculums won’t dumb down – it will inspire, says academic Elly McCausland

Adding contemporary material to school curriculums won’t dumb down—it will inspire, says Elly McCausland

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Taylor Swift's career is going from strength to strength, but why is she the perfect role model for women of all generations? Continue reading and you might just become a Swiftie in an instant

St. William of Vercelli Catholic Church parishioners have 75 years of excellent reasons to celebrate, and they plan to do just that, according to parishioner Judy Stallone.

Was he a woman? An American? A letter to the Telegraph from two acting greats has inflamed an old – and increasingly unhinged – debate