Shakespeare
The Bard in Bovver Boots
Tom Hiddleston was the latest big-screen heart-throb to bring Shakespeare to his adoring fans
Lessons For Librarians Of London’s Folio Fiasco
A plan to sell four Shakespeare Folios revealed a widespread underappreciation of rare books
The Zombie Argument that Refuses to Die
While it gives more credence to the naysayers than it should, Shakespeare Beyond Doubt excellently marshalls the evidence over the authorship of the bard’s plays
Falstaff’s Sack
Shakespeare’s Falstaff — suspicious of the “sober-blooded” — is veritably rhapsodic about the empowering virtues of Andalusian sherry
Resuscitating the Bard
Contemporary analogies and a strong cast can save below-par Shakespeare like Timon of Athens
The Stuff of Dreams
Two contrasting productions of Shakespeare prove that the plays can still be made to work for us
Where There’s a Will
Soul of the Age by Jonathan Bate
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal