An extract from ‘Shakespeare in Bloomsbury’ by Marjorie Garber
2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s first folio, without which many of his works would have been lost. This preservation…
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How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: An Introduction by Peter Lake
In this remarkable literary and historical analysis, Peter Lake pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really telling his audience and what his…
Shakespeare400 – Why Hamlet?
‘Josipovici … has a nose for the big questions and for what doesn’t work as an answer. Best of all, he reads carefully and…
Shakespeare – The Poet of Them All
April 2016 marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most renowned poets that ever lived. Many events will…
The Battle of Agincourt: Shakespeare
‘He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And rouse him at the name…
A Clive James Reading List
‘With James, one hopes fervently that the finale is only just beginning.’ —Evening Standard This year Yale published Clive James’s Latest Readings, a short…
Clive James – in Conversation
‘My response to books has improved throughout my life, until now, finally, I am fit to be a proper student.’ In August 2015 Yale…
Hospitality and Treachery: Something Wicked This Way Comes
As you gather people around your table this festive season, sharing hospitality with friends and neighbours, spare a thought for the disasters and fatalities…