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Shakespeare
Why we still care about Richard III
Josephine Tey’s 1951 detective novel ignited a fascination for the ‘poisonous bunch-back’d toad’
Housewives of the United Nations
A Youtube plea to Asma al-Assad
Professors get some bizarre gifts
Pettrigrew’s guide to thanking professors appropriately
Ralph Fiennes on directing and starring in ’Coriolanus’
’It was a bit schizophrenic’
Jessica Allen hits the red carpet at the ’Coriolanus’ premiere
Our intrepid reporter chats up Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain
The Shakespearean Jack Layton
Like that of Henry V, Prince Jack’s passing leaves a big hole
A letter to Shakespeare
We Shakespeare profs have to have patience with pop-culture references to the Bard.
The Commons: Shakespeare’s worst play
Even if Jaffer was lobbying, he wasn’t very good at it
In the Shakespeare wars, James Shapiro fights for the Bard
A Q&A with the orthodox Stratfordian about Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud and other non-believers