Madeline Miller spent over a decade writing The Song of Achilles – a fantasy romance retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad ...

Shakespeare maintained a wide-ranging interest in different forms of “natural philosophy,” which combined what we now call science, philosophy, and religion. Drawing on the history of science, the ...

The permanent exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library celebrates the playwright with its world-class collection of First Folios and other materials while leaving him oddly diminished.

The University of Birmingham and Longleat House have collaborated on a new project re-examining the famous medieval poem, La Belle Dame sans Mercy.

This weekend, in the same Rotunda where he once rang the bell at UVa, audiences will sit down to hear the world premiere of a new musical setting of a ...

Mystery of William Shakespeare's co-writer and critic solved after 433 years In a twist worthy of a Shakespearean play, researchers have unveiled the true author behind a centuries-old critique of ...

The Trump administration's acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director was criticized Tuesday after creating his own revised version of the famous poem on the Statue of Liberty. At ...

1. “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath ...

William Shakespeare Britain’s greatest surviving outdoor theatres Open-air theatres have existed in the UK since Roman times – here are some of the best, where performers still tread the boards ...

New book humanizes Canada’s most famous neurosurgeons, Wilder Penfield and William Cone David Moscrop Special to The Globe and Mail Published June 6, 2025 ...