Edward de Vere’s life — as are his plays — was extremely complicated. Like many of his characters, he was impetuous and often ...

Bard bashing has become something of a national sport, says Robert McCrum, and the latest attempt to rewrite the legacy of ...

What if Juliet didn’t kill herself? That is the question asked in “& Juliet”, coming to Philly’s Academy of Music.

The museums you visit in the UK, from contemporary art galleries to local history exhibitions - There are around 1,800 ...

The Bible, on display at the Medieval Art Gallery in Warsaw, was printed more than 570 years ago by Johannes Gutenberg, the ...

A Portait of Alexander Reid tells the story of the complex friendship between Vincent Van Gogh and a Glasgow art dealer ...

Cleopatra (portrayed here by Kaja Chan) is one of the female characters to be featured in the exhibition A Shakespeare Birthplace Trust exhibition focusing on strong female characters in the bard ...

The eyes, mouth and ears had been deliberately scratched out – possibly for religious or political reasons – and an image of Lady Jane Grey in the National Portrait Gallery bears the same marks. The ...

Prince William has called for healthcare staff to take "enforced breaks" in their careers to protect their mental health. The Prince of Wales marked five years since the start of the COVID-19 ...

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 remains one of ... the founder of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum, and dated to a period of extreme political turbulence in England when those in favor of the ...

Might King Charles, planning Queen Camilla's 80th birthday celebrations, commission a portrait of his consort? It might expunge memories of the last royal 80th daub – Rolf Harris's painting ...