Tag Archives: Shakespeare

SHAKESPEARE IS 551: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILL

Posted on April 22, 2015 by [email protected]

Will Shakespeare is 551 today - to wish him a happy birthday or not to wish him a happy birthday? That is the question. I decided yes - but that you’d get the present. All you have to do is … Continue reading →

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Something rotten … Immigration, Religious Fanatics and Shakespeare

Posted on December 15, 2014 by [email protected]

Life was so different when Shakespeare was alive. There were no problems with religious fundamentalists. People weren’t furious with the government over their immigration policies. Not like they are today. Or were they? In fact, during the time that Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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HISTORY YOU CAN SEE

Posted on November 11, 2014 by [email protected]

History is not about things that happened - it’s about people. Here’s some great photographs of people who made a little bit of history - or just lived through it. Because every one of them had a story. Even if … Continue reading →

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Undress you, and come now to bed

Posted on April 7, 2014 by [email protected]

I am currently writing a series about Shakespeare. He drove me crazy at school, so there’s a certain irony to this. Back then, when I was in my green blazer, it was like someone in 2414 studying the history of … Continue reading →

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ARE YOU IN DANGER OF HAVING AN ARACHNOLEPTIC FIT?

Posted on December 17, 2013 by [email protected]

I’m writing a series about Shakespeare right now. Did you know that he introduced something like several thousand words into the English language that had never been used before? The one constant of all languages is change; neologisms appear all … Continue reading →

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THE BOOK IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE BOOK

Posted on September 24, 2012 by [email protected]

For five hundred years nothing much changed; there was Gutenberg and moveable type. Then there was the quill, Shakespeare, the typewriter, Inspector Poirrot, the 21st century and before we knew it someone invented Amazon and who let the dogs out? … Continue reading →

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5½ REASONS NOT TO BURN RICHARD THE THIRD

Posted on September 19, 2012 by [email protected]

Tell me: how many of you did not enjoy Braveheart because the Scots wear kilts (which weren’t in common usage until 4oo years later) and because primae noctis is probably a myth? Would such historical errors have bothered you more … Continue reading →

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