Tag: Shakespeare
Shakespeare, frost fairs and climate change
The weather has always been a topic of conversation in England. Continue reading Shakespeare, frost fairs and climate change
Shakespeare’s legacy
A tribute to “insubstantial pageants”. Continue reading Shakespeare’s legacy
Cleopatra and the legend of sea silk
Silk is usually made from the cocoons of silkworms. But there is another, much rarer, kind known as sea silk or byssus. Continue reading Cleopatra and the legend of sea silk
Richard III: From devil to saint
Shakespeare is the reason a pile of old bones has been ceremonially laid to rest after 530 years. After all, who but historians would remember a king who reigned for such a short time? Continue reading Richard III: From devil to saint
In praise of metaphor
“One thing that literature would be greatly the better for
Would be a more restricted employment by the authors of simile and metaphor,” wrote Ogden Nash in his poem “Very Like a Whale”. Continue reading In praise of metaphor