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'[W]ild pansy could have potential uses in the treatments of cancer.' Image (c) kahvikisu, licensed under CC-BY-2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
01 December 2016 - 09:45

Would Shakespeare's potions really work?

Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.

Tags
Science, Shakespeare, Arts, Literature, Theatre
The word 'love' written in wet sand, with a heart shaped stone for the letter 'o'.
Date
15 November 2016 - 09:10

Science vs Shakespeare: which explains love better?

When it comes to understanding love, who gets it right - science, or Shakespeare? Scientist and poet, Dr Sam Illingworth, compares the two.

Tags
Shakespeare
Photo of microphone
Date
10 October 2016 - 08:42

How to overcome your fear of public speaking

Why are many people afraid of public speaking, and what can be done about it? Ros and Neil Johnson, speech and drama specialists at Theatresaurus, explain.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts
'I want to challenge the isolation of Woolf’s female Shakespeare'.
Date
09 June 2016 - 05:30

What if Shakespeare had been a woman?

Drawing on the histories of female writers and performers in England, Dr Emma Whipday of King's College London asks what might have become of Shakespeare if he had been a woman.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts
Date
20 May 2016 - 16:23

Classroom techniques to help pupils tackle Shakespeare

Dominic Fitch, creative director for the Shakespeare Schools Festival, suggests a few ways teachers can help pupils get to grips with Shakespeare's plays.

Tags
Shakespeare, Teaching
'The history play became a powerful place to ask questions such as what makes a good king, and what are the priorities of governance.'
Date
21 April 2016 - 07:52

Shakespeare’s stories of power do more than retell history

What can Shakespeare's studies of power and politics tell us about the present? Dr Charlotte Scott explains why Shakespeare's history plays continue to fascinate.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
David Garrick 'dedicated his extraordinarily successful career to promoting Shakespeare as the supreme symbol of British culture'. Image (c) British Council
Date
19 April 2016 - 06:54

How one actor forever changed the way we see Shakespeare

Professor Richard Schoch explains how David Garrick, an 18th-century actor-manager and playwright, formed the popular attitudes towards Shakespeare that remain to this day.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
Date
12 April 2016 - 08:15

What can Shakespeare teach us about freedom?

Professor Ewan Fernie of the Shakespeare Institute explains how Shakespeare can help us understand who we are and what we might become.

Tags
Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
Date
06 April 2016 - 11:49

How have performances of Shakespeare changed over time?

Shakespeare's plays have inspired a variety of interpretations over the centuries. Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, who's completing her MA in Shakespeare Studies at King’s College London, explains.

Tags
Shakespeare
'Poetry is, in some essential way, an acoustic form – it's a breath form.'
Date
21 December 2015 - 16:56

Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)

Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.

Tags
Arts, Literature, Shakespeare
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